Darlene Mae Brooks

Memorial services for DARLENE MAE BROOKS, 91, will be held on Friday, June 26, 2020 at the United Methodist Church with Reverend Jeff Wayland officiating. Darlene died Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Torrington Community Hospital and cremation has taken place. Burial will take place in the Valley View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to the United Methodist Church in Torrington. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Darlene was born on December 18, 1928 the daughter of Charles Edison and Ila Mae (Smidt) Blakeley in Crab Orchard, Nebraska. The family moved to Tecumseh, NE when she was three years old and then to Torrington, Wyoming when Darlene was 9. She attended Torrington schools and graduated with honors with the Class of 1947 in Torrington. She was baptized and joined the Methodist Church at 11 years of age and remained a life long member of the United Methodist Church. Darlene and Warren Brooks were united in marriage on July 6, 1947, at the United Methodist Church in Torrington, Wyoming. To this union two children were born, Larry Warren and Diane Darlene. In 1950 the Brooks family moved to Glenrock, Wyoming, and moved back to Torrington in 1958, when they purchased the Torrington News. In 1970 they moved to Chadron, Nebraska, where the couple started B & B Printing. They sold the business in 1988 and retired, remaining in Chadron until August of 2001 when they moved back to Torrington. She worked as church secretary at the United Methodist Church in Torrington for eight years, at the Holly Sugar Factory in the office during campaign for ten years, at the Torrington News for eight years, and B & B Printing for eighteen years. Darlene was very family oriented and loved being a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and aunt. She enjoyed traveling, dancing, and playing bridge. Darlene and Warren took all the children and grandchildren to Disneyland in California two times, and Disney World in Florida, four times. Those were treasured times for the Brooks’. They also enjoyed watching the grandchildren as they participated in activities. Survivors include her husband, Cecil Warren Brooks, son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Kate Brooks of Fort Collins, Colorado, grandchildren and great grandchildren: Jennifer and Mark Trail, Katelyn and Rhett, of Nebraska City, Nebraska; Lisa and Jeffrey Hamar, Alexander and Joshua, of Marshalltown, Iowa; Amber and Cory Brooks, Kassidy,. Gage, and Cade of Casper, Wyoming; Jill and Jim Runner of Fort Collins, Colorado; Chrystal and Cody Brooks, Taylor, Peyton, Braden, and Brynn of Chadron, Nebraska; sister, LaVonne Daiss of Torrington, Wyoming; and sister-in-law, Eleanor Messer of Cody, Wyoming. Darlene was preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Diane Darlene Brooks, brothers: Donald Keith (infant), and Charles Eldon Blakeley, sisters: Viva Lou Smith, and Joyce Irene Lang.

Darlene Mae Brooks

December 18, 1928 - June 18, 2020