July 2, 2009

Eleanor S. Brookes

Wayne

Services

Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the VanderMay Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.

Interment will follow in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.

Relatives and friends may call on Sunday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at A.S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 North Main Street, Cranbury, NJ and on Monday from 2:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at VanderMay Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.

Eleanor S. Brookes, 93, formerly of Wayne, passed away on Thursday at the Masonic Home of New Jersey, Burlington.

Born in Paterson, she was a longtime area resident. Mrs. Brookes was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard having served from 1943-1945. She was employed with PSE&G in Paterson as a telephone operator for over 20 years until her retirement. Mrs. Brookes was a member of the Cranbury United Methodist Church and the Valley Seniors Club of Clifton.

Daughter of the late Charles and Bessie (Barbarow) Alt, wife of the late Raymond V. Brookes, mother of the late Robert Raymond Brookes, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Robert Coombs of Dayton, NJ; her son and daughter-in-law, Richard D. and Kathleen Brookes of Prince Frederick, MD; her sister, Betty Re of Clifton; her four grandchildren, Steven and David Brookes, and Timothy and Scott Coombs; and several nieces and nephews.

Contributions may be made to the Cranbury United Methodist Church, 21 North Main Street, Cranbury, NJ 08512.

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Services

Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the VanderMay Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.

Interment will follow in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.

Relatives and friends may call on Sunday from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at A.S. Cole Funeral Home, 22 North Main Street, Cranbury, NJ and on Monday from 2:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at VanderMay Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.

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