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Virginia E. Brooks

1919 - 2018

Virginia E. Brooks obituary, 1919-2018, Phoenix, AZ

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1919

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2018

Virginia Brooks Obituary

Virginia E. Brooks

Phoenix - Virginia E. Brooks passed away Monday, July 2, 2018, at her home in Phoenix at the age of 99. She was born in West Virginia January 5, 1919, to William and Edna Handley. After finishing nursing school, she moved to Chicago where she was an R.N. at Cook County Hospital. This is where she met her future husband, Jack Brooks, M.D. She followed Jack to Los Alamos, New Mexico, and worked in the hospital that took care of the soldiers and scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Virginia and Jack moved to Phoenix in 1948. They were married for 64 years until his passing in 2012.

Virginia was preceded in death by her siblings, Anna Marie, Robert, and Don. She is survived by her son Marc and his wife Beth of Scottsdale, Arizona; son, David and his wife Marnie of Waynesville, North Carolina; grandchildren Alicia Brooks of Tampa, Florida; Caitlin Brooks of Nashville, Tennessee; Jamie Myers and her husband, Justin of Scottsdale, Arizona; and Justin Brooks of Los Angeles, California; great grandson, Noah Myers of Scottsdale, Arizona; nieces Deborah Sylvan of Chicago, Illinois, and Audrey Selin of Chicago, Illinois.

A private graveside service will be held. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Arizona Humane Society is suggested.

Published by The Arizona Republic from Jul. 6 to Jul. 8, 2018.
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How sad to learn of Aunt Jenny's passing. She was grandma and grandpa's first child to be born and the last to go home. She was my moms only sister and she loved her very much as we all did. I always kept her in my prayers.
I know this has to be very hard on Marc & David and their families, I send you my sincerest condolences.

Your Cousin,
Judy Fultz

Judy Fultz

July 29, 2018

I am so sorry for the loss of your dear loved one. May you be comforted by fond memories and the love of family and friends. Jeremiah 29:11.

KJ

July 6, 2018

Very sad on the loss of Mrs Brooks I was her caregiver from touching hearts work with her for one year very sweet caring person but now she in the hands of the lord in a better place . May God look over the family

Deborah Edwards

July 5, 2018

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