Richard H. Brooks, 88, of Cape Elizabeth passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021, at home. Richard was born in Newport, NH, the son of Judson and Bertha (Houghton) Brooks. Richard graduated from Towle High School in Newport and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH, where he met his future wife, Joan E. Brooks. They married in 1959 in Amesbury, Mass.
Richard served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict as a staff sergeant. He majored in accounting at UNH and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1962. Richard worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. until 1970 when he opened his own CPA firm. In 1988 he left his own firm to start Brooks & Brooks, CPAs, with his son Richard.
Richard was active over the years in many accounting societies such as the AICPA, Maine Society of CPAs, National Association of Accountants, and Administrative Management Society. He also volunteered with the Jaycees and the Boy Scouts.
He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Joan, on January 10, 2021.
Richard is survived by three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly, Stephen H. Brooks, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay, all of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; four sisters, Elizabeth King, Harriet Hathaway, Ethel Czechowicz, and Sabra Keery; and sister-in-law Sister Mary K. Dugar.
A graveside service will be held Friday, October 15 at 11am at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
Richard served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict as a staff sergeant. He majored in accounting at UNH and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1962. Richard worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. until 1970 when he opened his own CPA firm. In 1988 he left his own firm to start Brooks & Brooks, CPAs, with his son Richard.
Richard was active over the years in many accounting societies such as the AICPA, Maine Society of CPAs, National Association of Accountants, and Administrative Management Society. He also volunteered with the Jaycees and the Boy Scouts.
He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Joan, on January 10, 2021.
Richard is survived by three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly, Stephen H. Brooks, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay, all of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; four sisters, Elizabeth King, Harriet Hathaway, Ethel Czechowicz, and Sabra Keery; and sister-in-law Sister Mary K. Dugar.
A graveside service will be held Friday, October 15 at 11am at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
Richard H. Brooks, 88, of Cape Elizabeth passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021, at home. Richard was born in Newport, NH, the son of Judson and Bertha (Houghton) Brooks. Richard graduated from Towle High School in Newport and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH, where he met his future wife, Joan E. Brooks. They married in 1959 in Amesbury, Mass.
Richard served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict as a staff sergeant. He majored in accounting at UNH and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1962. Richard worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. until 1970 when he opened his own CPA firm. In 1988 he left his own firm to start Brooks & Brooks, CPAs, with his son Richard.
Richard was active over the years in many accounting societies such as the AICPA, Maine Society of CPAs, National Association of Accountants, and Administrative Management Society. He also volunteered with the Jaycees and the Boy Scouts.
He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Joan, on January 10, 2021.
Richard is survived by three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly, Stephen H. Brooks, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay, all of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; four sisters, Elizabeth King, Harriet Hathaway, Ethel Czechowicz, and Sabra Keery; and sister-in-law Sister Mary K. Dugar.
A graveside service will be held Friday, October 15 at 11am at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
Richard served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict as a staff sergeant. He majored in accounting at UNH and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1962. Richard worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. until 1970 when he opened his own CPA firm. In 1988 he left his own firm to start Brooks & Brooks, CPAs, with his son Richard.
Richard was active over the years in many accounting societies such as the AICPA, Maine Society of CPAs, National Association of Accountants, and Administrative Management Society. He also volunteered with the Jaycees and the Boy Scouts.
He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Joan, on January 10, 2021.
Richard is survived by three children, Richard D. Brooks and wife Kimberly, Stephen H. Brooks, and Kathleen M. Jalbert and husband Jay, all of Cape Elizabeth; grandchildren, William A. Brooks, Michael R. Brooks, and Christopher J. Gallant; four sisters, Elizabeth King, Harriet Hathaway, Ethel Czechowicz, and Sabra Keery; and sister-in-law Sister Mary K. Dugar.
A graveside service will be held Friday, October 15 at 11am at Riverside Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
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