Brake, Evelyn L.

Brake, EvelynMrs. Evelyn L. Brake, 95, of Galesburg, Ill. formerly of rural Gerlaw, Ill. died 8:31 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the Heritage Manor in Peru, Ill. 

She was born October 28, 1919 in rural Gerlaw, Ill. the daughter of Clarence and Lillian Issacson Johnson.  She married Harry N. Brake on January 16, 1941 at the First Lutheran Church in Monmouth, Ill.  He preceded her in death November of 2001.

Surviving is a son, Rodney (and Stephanie) Brake of Galesburg, a daughter, Linda Parsons of Peru, Ill., two grandchildren, Angela (and Andrew) Colmone and Christopher Parsons, a step-grandchild, Doug Wilmot, and two great-grandchildren, Brooks and Dominic Colmone.  She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Kenneth Johnson.

She graduated from Monmouth High School in 1937 and then was employed as a bookkeeper for Moore-Wells Grain Company and at the Monmouth Trust and Savings Bank.  When her husband was in the military service, she was a secretary in U.S. Government Civil Service at Fort Brady in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Fort Benning, Georgia and at the Mayo Army General Hospital Detachment of Patients office in Galesburg.

She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Monmouth, a former member of the Esther-Eunice Circle and a former Sunday School teacher.  She was a member of the Warren-Henderson Homemaker’s Extension, a former volunteer at the Community Medical Center in Monmouth, a former member of the Science Hall Neighborhood Club and belonged to several card groups.  She and her husband traveled to several foreign countries and wintered in Texas, Arizona and Florida.  They enjoyed bowling, dancing, traveling and playing cards.

Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Hinchliff-Pearson-West Galesburg Chapel.  Rev. Keith Killinger will officiate.  Burial will be in Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, Monmouth.  Visitation will be 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel.  Memorials may be made to First Lutheran Church in Monmouth.  Online condolences may be made at www.h-p-w.com.

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