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Robert K. “Red” Brooke, 80, West Liberty
Obituaries · May 28, 2015
Robert K. “Red” Brooke, 80, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty.
Funeral services were Saturday, May 23, 2015, at the First Church United in West Liberty. Visitation was Friday at the church. Burial was in the Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. The Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty was in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to West Liberty Fire and Rescue Unit.
Robert Kerr Brooke was born Aug. 28, 1934, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Robert W. and Lolita Kerr Brooke. He was a graduate of West Liberty High School in the Class of 1952 and attended the University of Iowa. On April 10, 1955, he was united in marriage to the former Patricia V. Kephart in West Liberty.
Bob had been a John Deere dealer for 54 years in the family business Ditmars-Kerr and, later, Farmers Supply. A community man, he was involved in much: many boards and committees with the City of West Liberty, including the Zoning Commission and the West Liberty Fire Department, where he had served as chief and assistant fire chief, the Lions Club, Masonic Lodge, Kaaba Shrine, and Iowa Implement Dealers Association. He was instrumental in forming the West Liberty Rescue unit and served on the committee for the building of Carver Hawkeye Arena.
His community was his love and hobby, and he enjoyed making people laugh. He never met a stranger!
Survivors include wife Patricia of West Liberty; two children: Cynthia (Dan) Brooke-Todd of West Des Moines, Iowa, and James Kerr (Nadine) Brooke of Waukesha, Wis.; four grandchildren: Megan (Brad) Todd Rodenburg, Robert Todd, Jacob Findlay Brooke and Ryan Brooke; one great-granddaughter, Harper Rodenburg; and sister Catherine Brooke Fisher of Burnsville, Minn.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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