Patricia Brooks Obituary

Patricia D. Brooks LADSON - Patricia D. Brooks, 73, of Ladson, wife of 50 years to Thomas W. Brooks, died Saturday, July 3, 2010, at Trident Medical Center. The funeral mass and Rite of Committal with Final Commendation will be held on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 6650 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC. Entombment will follow at Dorchester Memory Gardens, 11000 Dorchester Road, Summerville. Friends and family may visit on Friday evening, July 9, 2010, from 7 until 8:30 o'clock, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church. A prayer service will be held at 7:30 o'clock. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 6650 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC 29418. Pat was born on June 29, 1937, in Stevens Point, WI, daughter of Cecelia Losinski Bodzislaw and the late Joseph Bodzislaw. She attended St. Wencelslaw Grammar School in Chicago, IL, P.J. Jacobs High School and University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point, WI. She was former president of Charleston Kennel Club and Iris Club of Summerville. She was also a judge for the Iris Club of Summerville. She was a former member of the Charleston Mineral Society. She enjoyed gardening and reading and was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Surviving in addition to her husband and mother are three daughters, Spring E. Brooks of Durham, NC, Robin L. Brooks of Jacksonville, FL, and Betty C. Brooks of Ladson, SC; three brothers, Jerome Bodzislaw, Robert Bodzislaw and Thomas Bodzislaw all of Stevens Point, WI; one grandaughter, Lisa K. Ramsey of Oakdale, CT; one grandson, Matthew T. Ramsey of Oakdale, CT. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jamesadyal.com. ARRANGEMENTS BY JAMES A. DYAL FUNERAL HOME, 303 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29483. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths