Harold L. Brooks, 89, Ellsworth, formerly of Luverne and Fergus Falls, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, at Parkview Manor in Ellsworth.
Services were Saturday, Nov. 9, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial was in Sunset Cemetery, Rushmore.
Harold Brooks was born to Lyman and Anna (Martin) Brooks on July 3, 1913, near Magnolia. He was raised and educated in Magnolia.
He married Alice (Rabenberg) Krull on Sept. 16, 1938, in Spirit Lake, Iowa. They farmed near Rushmore until 1940 and then moved to Norcross where they farmed from 1940 until 1969 when he retired from farming. They moved to Fergus Falls where he was a hotel clerk at Riverview Inn until 1986. They then moved to Luverne. He moved to Parkview Manor in December 1998.
Mr. Brooks was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. He was a collector of many different things.
Survivors include two stepsons, Leon (Alice) Krull, Deer Creek, and Harvey (Agnes) Krull, Rushmore; one stepdaughter, Dolores (Peter) VanRegenmorter, Sioux Falls, S.D.; nine grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Orville M. (Carol) Brooks, Burnsville; and two sisters, Donna M. Gertz, West Fargo, N.D., and Barbara A. Hinz, Luverne.
Mr. Brooks was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Alice, in 1988, one stepson, Lloyd, in 1968, four grandchildren, Jim, Thomas and Ronald Krull, all in 1970, and Gale VanRegenmorter in 2001, three brothers, Charley, Stanley and Edward, and three sisters, Thelma, Erma and Neva.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.