Janet L. Brooks

Mrs. Brooks was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Brooks; her parents, Ralph Franklin Cook and Norma Lee, nee Stacy, Clements; and a sister, Phyllis Wilkerson.

Janet was a very unique person; she was the owner and operator of her own body shop, where she restored cars. She was a self-taught computer technician. She enjoyed going to the casinos.

She is survived by 1 daughter, Vickie (Lawrence) Schaefer of Cahokia; 1 son, Scott May of Cahokia; 1 brother, Richard Cook of Cahokia; her step-mother, Carolyn Cook of Kentucky; a very special friend, Penny Freeman of Louisiana; 4 granddaughters, 4 grandsons, 5 great-granddaughters, 6 great-grandsons and other relatives and friends.

Memorials in Janet’s name may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois, 305 S. Illinois St., Belleville, IL 62220. Condolences may be expressed online at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com

Visitation: Friends may call from 10 to 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at the Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, 3412 Frank Scott Parkway West, Belleville, IL 62223.

Funeral: Services will be held on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Charles West officiating.

Interment will follow in the Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, IL.