Charlene
Elizabeth Hamilton
Charlene
Elizabeth Hamilton, 70, died Wednesday (March, 21, 2007) at Kansas Christian
Home in Newton.
She was born
on Feb. 28, 1937, to Aaron Hamilton and Myrtle Parks in Yates Center. She
married Leo Brockman on May 24, 1958, in Marysville. He survives. She was a
member of Liberty Baptist Church. She attended Yates Center School. For more
than 20 years she worked in the food service industry, greatly enjoyed bingo
and loved spending time and caring for her family.
Survivors
also include son, Jim and Anne Brockman of Emporia; son, Michael and Vickie
Brockman of Newton; sister, Myrtle Caudel of Iola; sister, Clara Griffith of
Eureka; sister, Ella Dill of Wichita; sister, Mildred Cole of Eureka; four
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was
preceded in death by her parents, brother, William Hamilton, sister, Essie
Morrison, sister, Alma Geisler, brother, Richard Hamilton and infant daughter,
Mary Pearl Hamilton.
Visitation
will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday with family greeting friends from 6:30 to 8
p.m. at Petersen Funeral Home in Newton.
Service will
be at 2 p.m. Friday at Petersen Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Peter
Ostrander of Liberty Baptist Church officiating.
Memorials
may be sent to Center for Basic Cancer Research, Liberty Baptist Church or
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in care of the funeral home.
1937 - 2007 (70 years)