Jack Brooks
Obituary
Jack O. Brooks, 91, former pharmacist
for Hertzler Clinic and Halstead Hospital, died Tuesday (Aug. 15,
2017) at Via Christi Cornerstone, Wichita.
He was born Aug. 6, 1926, in Winfield
to Lewis J. and Marie (Gessler) Brooks.
He was a World War II U.S. Navy
veteran, a graduate of the University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy
and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Halstead.
On Sept. 19, 1960, he married Teresa A.
Smithhisler in Anthony; she survives of Halstead. Other survivors
include son, Christopher "Jedd" (Linda) Brooks, Ft. Worth,
Texas; a daughter, Amy (Mark) Brooks-Counts, Ft. Worth; brother,
Kenneth (Bitzie) Brooks, Denver; and grandchildren: Cassidy, Jackson
and Carson Brooks-Counts and Parker Brooks.
He was preceded in death by infant
sons, Christopher and Paul; and a brother, James.
The Rosary will be said at 10 a.m.
Saturday (Aug. 19, 2017), with the Mass of the Christian Burial to
follow, both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Halstead, with Father
Jeffery Fasching officiating. Inurnment will follow at Halstead
Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to Sacred Heart
Caring Hearts Fund in care of Kaufman Funeral Home, Halstead.
1926 - 2017 (91 years)