Obituary of DeLores C. Brooks

DeLores C. Brooks, age 98, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at the Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas.  She was born on July 30, 1922, in Bowdon, North Dakota, the daughter of Robert and Clara Snobrick Koeller.

DeLores was the youngest girl in the family and was loved by many nieces and nephews.  She was a homemaker until 1967 when she was employed as a CNA & later a Med-Aid at Park Lane Nursing Home in Scott City, Kansas, and retired after 33 years.  She loved to garden and when in season always had a fresh flower bouquet on her table.  DeLores was a very good baker and would make her children homemade cinnamon rolls & cookies for after school snacks.

On April 6, 1948 she married Calvin Brooks of Norton, Kansas.  They married at Sykeston, North Dakota at St. Elizabeth Church on a cold snowy day.  They made their home on a farm south of Edmond, Kansas in Norton County, Kansas.  In 1962 they moved to Scott City, Kansas.  She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City.  She was an active member of the Altar Society.

Survivors include her One Son - Charles Brooks of Scott City, Kansas, One Daughter - Cheryl & David Perry of Goodland, Kansas, One Granddaughter - Tina & Shandon Wolak of Goodland, Kansas, Two Great Granddaughters - Raegen Wolak of Goodland, Kansas, Sage Wolak of Goodland, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her Parents, Husband - Calvin Brooks, One Son - Terry Lynn Brooks, Three Brothers, and Three Sisters.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 2020, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City, Kansas with Fr. Augustine Owusu presiding.

Interment will be in the Scott County Cemetery in Scott City, Kansas

Memorials in Lieu of Flowers can be made to the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in care of Price and Sons Funeral Homes.

Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Scott City, Kansas