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Ella May <I>Ward</I> Brooke

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Ella May Ward Brooke

Birth
Exeter, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
Death
21 Apr 1974 (aged 91)
Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. 5 Lot 262 Plot 04
Memorial ID
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Ella Brooke Dies Here; Services Held
Ella May Brooke, daughter of John and Aurilla Ward, was born March 22, 1883, on a farm south of Exeter. She continued to reside in Fillmore county until her passing, April 21, at the Long-term Care Unit of the Fillmore County hospital.
Ella was married to Lyman C. Brooke January 4, 1906. To them were born two children, a daughter, Bonnie Buryl, now Mrs. Charles Harris, and a son John Edward Brooke.
Mrs. Brooke was a member of the United Methodist church, a charter member of Chelsea Woman's club and had been an Eastern Star.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Charles Harris, son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Brooke, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a brother, Harry Ward.
Preceding her in death was her husband, father and mother, a son-in-law, Charles Harris, two brothers, George and Percy Ward, two grandsons and one great-grand daughter who died in infancy.
Funeral services were conducted at Farmer-Harris Funeral Home, Geneva, at 10;30 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, 1974, Rev. John F. Stayton officiated.
Pallbearers were Lawrence Ebbeka, Norbert Gergen, Edward Hellbusch, Donald Peterson, Derrel Hutchens and Bernard Weiss. Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
THE NEBRASKA SIGNAL
Apr. 25, 1974 P. 5
Ella Brooke Dies Here; Services Held
Ella May Brooke, daughter of John and Aurilla Ward, was born March 22, 1883, on a farm south of Exeter. She continued to reside in Fillmore county until her passing, April 21, at the Long-term Care Unit of the Fillmore County hospital.
Ella was married to Lyman C. Brooke January 4, 1906. To them were born two children, a daughter, Bonnie Buryl, now Mrs. Charles Harris, and a son John Edward Brooke.
Mrs. Brooke was a member of the United Methodist church, a charter member of Chelsea Woman's club and had been an Eastern Star.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Charles Harris, son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Brooke, three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a brother, Harry Ward.
Preceding her in death was her husband, father and mother, a son-in-law, Charles Harris, two brothers, George and Percy Ward, two grandsons and one great-grand daughter who died in infancy.
Funeral services were conducted at Farmer-Harris Funeral Home, Geneva, at 10;30 a.m., Tuesday, April 23, 1974, Rev. John F. Stayton officiated.
Pallbearers were Lawrence Ebbeka, Norbert Gergen, Edward Hellbusch, Donald Peterson, Derrel Hutchens and Bernard Weiss. Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
THE NEBRASKA SIGNAL
Apr. 25, 1974 P. 5


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  • Created by: CMR
  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93945495/ella_may-brooke: accessed ), memorial page for Ella May Ward Brooke (22 Mar 1883–21 Apr 1974), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93945495, citing Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by CMR (contributor 47864882).