Jackye Bergemeyer Brooks 1940 ~ 2006 Jackye Bergemeyer Brooks, much loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away February 25, 2006 in her home in Salt Lake City. She was born November 28, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Sue and Frederick Bergemeyer. After growing up in Mississippi, she attended Louisiana State University where she met, and later married, Robert M. Brooks, her husband of 45 years. They moved to Salt Lake City in 1967 and Jackye held a succession of secretarial jobs as she raised her family. Among the places she worked were the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake Christian Fellowship, The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, and most recently, The Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. Jackye and Bob also spent two years living and working in Mexico. She is survived by her loving husband, Robert; children, Michael Brooks of Phoenix, Arizona; Ian Brooks (Mary) of Baltimore, Maryland; Kristin van Brunt (Jeff) of Salt Lake; foster daughter, Buu Diep (Alan Michelsen) of Salt Lake City; and four grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, February 28, 11:00 a.m. at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 1975 South 2300 East. A Vigil Service will held Monday, February 27, 7:00 p.m. at the Neil O'Donnell & Sons Mortuary, 372 East 100 South, where friends may call from 6:30-7:00 p.m. Committal Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 4th Ave. & T Street. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider a donation to the Hand of Help Orphanage in Mexico. (Hand of Help, c/o S.O.L.T., PO Box 1406, Robstown, TX 78380)
Published in Salt Lake Tribune from Feb. 26 to Feb. 27, 2006
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O
God our Father, Creator of all the living,
we entrust to Your gentle care
all those we love who have gone before us;
and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. . . .
Eternal rest, grant unto Jackye, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
Jackye Bergemeyer Brooks 1940 ~ 2006 Jackye Bergemeyer Brooks, much loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away February 25, 2006 in her home in Salt Lake City. She was born November 28, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Sue and Frederick Bergemeyer. After growing up in Mississippi, she attended Louisiana State University where she met, and later married, Robert M. Brooks, her husband of 45 years. They moved to Salt Lake City in 1967 and Jackye held a succession of secretarial jobs as she raised her family. Among the places she worked were the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake Christian Fellowship, The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, and most recently, The Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. Jackye and Bob also spent two years living and working in Mexico. She is survived by her loving husband, Robert; children, Michael Brooks of Phoenix, Arizona; Ian Brooks (Mary) of Baltimore, Maryland; Kristin van Brunt (Jeff) of Salt Lake; foster daughter, Buu Diep (Alan Michelsen) of Salt Lake City; and four grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, February 28, 11:00 a.m. at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 1975 South 2300 East. A Vigil Service will held Monday, February 27, 7:00 p.m. at the Neil O'Donnell & Sons Mortuary, 372 East 100 South, where friends may call from 6:30-7:00 p.m. Committal Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 4th Ave. & T Street. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider a donation to the Hand of Help Orphanage in Mexico. (Hand of Help, c/o S.O.L.T., PO Box 1406, Robstown, TX 78380) Published in Salt Lake Tribune from Feb. 26 to Feb. 27, 2006
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O God our Father, Creator of all the living,
we entrust to Your gentle care
all those we love who have gone before us;
and have gone to their rest in the hope of rising again. . . .
Eternal rest, grant unto Jackye, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
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