Brooks, Robert Wayne 'Bobby' Sr.

1945 - 2016  (71 years)

• Name	Brooks, Robert Wayne 'Bobby'
  		Robert W. Brooks (1945-2016)
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	14 Nov 1945	Brookfield, Shelby County, Indiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BROO.R001
  _FGRAVE	172837330
  Funeral	18 Nov 2016	Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	15 Nov 2016
  Burial	18 Nov 2016	Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Brooks, Robert W. Sr.
  Person ID	I12998	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Fulk - Barnett Levi Foster Preston Fulk Sr. and Minerva Jane Barnett Descendants, Good - Foster Harold R. Good and Anna Madge L. Foster Descendants, McDowell - Maglone John William 'Will' McDowell and Margaret Maglone Descendants, Patterson - Nash John William 'Splitfoot' Patterson and Elizabeth G. 'Eliza' 'Betsy' Nash Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Brooks, Arthur Devon 'Art',   b. 18 Jan 1910, Shelby County, Indiana d. 1 Jun 1977 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	McNew, Cecil Leone,   b. 13 Feb 1908, Shelby County, Indiana d. 10 Sep 1993, Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Burgin, Alice Lee,   b. 26 Apr 1938, Wynoose, Richland County, Illinois d. 28 Jul 2015, Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1987  [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He was 41 years and 8 months - She was 49 years and 3 months.
  Children	1. Brooks, R.W. Jr.   2. Brooks, J.N.   3. Brooks, A.
  Family ID	F4350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Nov 1945 - Brookfield, Shelby County, Indiana Funeral - 18 Nov 2016 - Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - 18 Nov 2016 - Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Robert retired from Bill's Machine Shop and had also worked at RoadMaster. Robert was an avid fisherman and hunter. He spent many hours in the woods ginseng hunting and coon hunting. Robert enjoyed woodworking and often made furniture and decor items. He loved working in his flower gardens with Alice. He spent many hours frying fish for the family and the Golden Friendship Club. Robert was a faithful and dedicated husband during Alice's battle with Alzheimer's.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2564] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Brooks, Robert W., 71, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172837330/robert-wayne-brooks) (Reliability: 2). [S3423] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Brooks, Robert W. Sr., (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=172837330) (Reliability: 2). [S2563] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Brooks, Alice, 77, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Burgin&GSiman=1&GScid=105304&GRid=149929706&), none. (Reliability: 2).