Ida Dillard Brooks of El Campo died Saturday, March 10,2001, at the age of 100. She was born October 30, 1900 in Livingston, Texas to the late Mark and Lillie Taylor Dillard. Mrs. Brooks was Baptist by faith.
She came to South Texas in 1909 in a covered wagon. She attended school in Louise. When D.M. Green opened the first telephone office, she was hired to manage it. Later she moved to Wallis to open the first telephone office there.
While still in her early 20's, she traveled to New Mexico to visit her uncle and his family where she lived and worked on their sheep and goat ranch, taking part in drives much the same way that cattle were driven to the rail heads for shipping.
She married Dock Brooks on September 14, 1933 and lived in Palacios until 1971 when they moved to El Campo.
She made porcelain dolls and dressed them as characters from famous novels and First Ladies of the land. She was an accomplished spinner and weaver and gave many demonstrations to groups including the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio.
Though her eyesight began to fail in her later years, she still maintained an enthusiastic interest in her genealogy work. She learned to use a computer in order to record the information she had gathered.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years; her parents, six brothers and one sister.
She is survived by 3 sisters; Carrie Lee of LaWard, Iva Mae Cavallin of Point Comfort and Joyce Keith of San Diego, Ca; daughter Nelda Faye Wagner and husband Larry Sr. of El Campo; grandsons Larry Lynn Wagner Jr. and wife Bernice, Wesley Wagner and wife Carolyn, Steve Wagner and wife Shoko; granddaughter Karen Hamilton and husband Joe; 6 great-granddaughters and 5 great-grandsons.
Visitation will begin on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Triska Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be on Monday at 2 p.m. at Triska Funeral Home with Reverend Rick DuBroc officiating. Internment will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Triska Funeral Home.
She came to South Texas in 1909 in a covered wagon. She attended school in Louise. When D.M. Green opened the first telephone office, she was hired to manage it. Later she moved to Wallis to open the first telephone office there.
While still in her early 20's, she traveled to New Mexico to visit her uncle and his family where she lived and worked on their sheep and goat ranch, taking part in drives much the same way that cattle were driven to the rail heads for shipping.
She married Dock Brooks on September 14, 1933 and lived in Palacios until 1971 when they moved to El Campo.
She made porcelain dolls and dressed them as characters from famous novels and First Ladies of the land. She was an accomplished spinner and weaver and gave many demonstrations to groups including the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio.
Though her eyesight began to fail in her later years, she still maintained an enthusiastic interest in her genealogy work. She learned to use a computer in order to record the information she had gathered.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years; her parents, six brothers and one sister.
She is survived by 3 sisters; Carrie Lee of LaWard, Iva Mae Cavallin of Point Comfort and Joyce Keith of San Diego, Ca; daughter Nelda Faye Wagner and husband Larry Sr. of El Campo; grandsons Larry Lynn Wagner Jr. and wife Bernice, Wesley Wagner and wife Carolyn, Steve Wagner and wife Shoko; granddaughter Karen Hamilton and husband Joe; 6 great-granddaughters and 5 great-grandsons.
Visitation will begin on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Triska Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be on Monday at 2 p.m. at Triska Funeral Home with Reverend Rick DuBroc officiating. Internment will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Triska Funeral Home.
Ida Dillard Brooks of El Campo died Saturday, March 10,2001, at the age of 100. She was born October 30, 1900 in Livingston, Texas to the late Mark and Lillie Taylor Dillard. Mrs. Brooks was Baptist by faith.
She came to South Texas in 1909 in a covered wagon. She attended school in Louise. When D.M. Green opened the first telephone office, she was hired to manage it. Later she moved to Wallis to open the first telephone office there.
While still in her early 20's, she traveled to New Mexico to visit her uncle and his family where she lived and worked on their sheep and goat ranch, taking part in drives much the same way that cattle were driven to the rail heads for shipping.
She married Dock Brooks on September 14, 1933 and lived in Palacios until 1971 when they moved to El Campo.
She made porcelain dolls and dressed them as characters from famous novels and First Ladies of the land. She was an accomplished spinner and weaver and gave many demonstrations to groups including the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio.
Though her eyesight began to fail in her later years, she still maintained an enthusiastic interest in her genealogy work. She learned to use a computer in order to record the information she had gathered.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years; her parents, six brothers and one sister.
She is survived by 3 sisters; Carrie Lee of LaWard, Iva Mae Cavallin of Point Comfort and Joyce Keith of San Diego, Ca; daughter Nelda Faye Wagner and husband Larry Sr. of El Campo; grandsons Larry Lynn Wagner Jr. and wife Bernice, Wesley Wagner and wife Carolyn, Steve Wagner and wife Shoko; granddaughter Karen Hamilton and husband Joe; 6 great-granddaughters and 5 great-grandsons.
Visitation will begin on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Triska Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be on Monday at 2 p.m. at Triska Funeral Home with Reverend Rick DuBroc officiating. Internment will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Triska Funeral Home.
She came to South Texas in 1909 in a covered wagon. She attended school in Louise. When D.M. Green opened the first telephone office, she was hired to manage it. Later she moved to Wallis to open the first telephone office there.
While still in her early 20's, she traveled to New Mexico to visit her uncle and his family where she lived and worked on their sheep and goat ranch, taking part in drives much the same way that cattle were driven to the rail heads for shipping.
She married Dock Brooks on September 14, 1933 and lived in Palacios until 1971 when they moved to El Campo.
She made porcelain dolls and dressed them as characters from famous novels and First Ladies of the land. She was an accomplished spinner and weaver and gave many demonstrations to groups including the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio.
Though her eyesight began to fail in her later years, she still maintained an enthusiastic interest in her genealogy work. She learned to use a computer in order to record the information she had gathered.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years; her parents, six brothers and one sister.
She is survived by 3 sisters; Carrie Lee of LaWard, Iva Mae Cavallin of Point Comfort and Joyce Keith of San Diego, Ca; daughter Nelda Faye Wagner and husband Larry Sr. of El Campo; grandsons Larry Lynn Wagner Jr. and wife Bernice, Wesley Wagner and wife Carolyn, Steve Wagner and wife Shoko; granddaughter Karen Hamilton and husband Joe; 6 great-granddaughters and 5 great-grandsons.
Visitation will begin on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Triska Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be on Monday at 2 p.m. at Triska Funeral Home with Reverend Rick DuBroc officiating. Internment will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Triska Funeral Home.
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