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- Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
December 7, 2010
PORTLAND -- Katherine Elizabeth Howes Brooks, 88, of Fessenden Street, died peacefully at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, following a long illness. She was born in Framingham, Mass., the daughter of Seth Francis Harrison and Ruth Miriam Bullard Howes and has lived in Portland for the past 25 years.
In 1940 she attended Colby College where she met her husband, Wendell C.Brooks Jr. Due to imminent deployment during World War II they ran across the border into Mexico to marry, and their romance lasted for 51 years. For many years they traveled the Far East with the State Department. While traveling overseas Katherine kept busy by teaching English at various foreign colleges as well as managing a commissary on a small embassy compound. She is an accomplished poet, and her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen Magazine. Her sense of humor is unsurpassed. She had a full and exciting life, having lived in thirty two places during her 88 years.
Katherine was predeceased by her husband Wendell in 1994; and two sisters, Ruth Mistark and Constance Gruemer.
She is survived by two daughters, Wendie A. Geiger of Portland, Katherine M. Brooks of Portland; two grandchildren, Katherine L. and her husband David English of Pennsylvania, Roberta B. Berry of Portland; a great-granddaughter, Jaelynn A. Berry of Portland; and a niece and a nephew.
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1922 - 2010 (88 years)
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