Elmer Cecil Taylor
4-5-1883- 1-5-64
Subject: ZERITA V. BROOKE
Submitter: Phil Stewart (jjhist@grm.net)
Source: Newspaper name and date unknown.
Zerita V. Brooke, 90, of Bethany, died Thursday August 2, 2007 at a Bethany, MO hospital
. She was born November 10, 1916 in Harrison County, Missouri, the daughter of Elmer and Agnes (Prather) Taylor. On July 13, 1947, she married Deane Brooke in Bethany, MO. He survives at the home.
Zerita taught school at Bethany and the county schools in the area. She was a member of the VFW Auxilary and the Pleasant Hour Club. She was also a member of the Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church of Bethany.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, are daughters Carol Shipley, Lees Summit, MO; Mary Boehner, St Joseph, MO; Margaret Groves, Bethany, MO; Kathy Lee, Kearney, MO; and son, Edward Brooke, Bethany, MO; 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and 3 sisters, Monice Moore, Bonnie Cook and Georgia Carothers
. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 6, at the Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, MO. Burial in the Coffey Cemetery, Coffey, MO. The family will receive friends from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Monday at the funeral home where friends may call after 2:00 Sunday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bethany VFW Post #2176 and/or the Coffey Cemetery.
From Mt Moriah (Stoner) Cemetary