The Van Wert County Courthouse

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025

Lois M. Brookman

Lois M. Brookman, 72, died at 8:57 a.m. Sunday, August 25, 2013. At St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.

Lois M. Brookman
Lois M. Brookman

She was born November 4, 1940, in Mason, Mich., the daughter of the late Harace and Nellie (Daughtery) Sites. On October 5, 1963, she married Thomas L. Brookman, who preceded her in death on May 3, 2009.

Mrs. Brookman was a homemaker and a member of Lima Community Church of the Nazarene. Lois was a very caring person. She loved her family, extended family and friends very much. She was always watching her grandsons, nieces and nephews and great-nephews. She loved being with people and having cookouts, soup parties and getting together with family at the holidays. She was a lifelong member of the Lima Community Church of the Nazarene and there she enjoyed her small group Bible study and Koinonia.

Survivors include two daughters, Lori A. Coon of Lima and Debbie K. (Carey) Waltz of Van Wert; two grandsons, Thomas Coon and Aaron Coon; and a sister, Dixie (Robert) Galbraith of Lima.

A brother, George Sites; and one sister, Barbara Henderson, also preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 28, at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home in Lima, with her nephew, the Rev. Andrew Lauer, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Lima.

Calling hours are from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, August 27, at the funeral home.

Preferred memorials: St. Rita’s Hospice, 959 W. North St., Lima, OH 45805, or National Stroke Association, 9707 E. Easter Lane, No. B, Centennial, CO, 80112.

Online condolences may be sent to www.chamberlainhuckeriede.com.

POSTED: 08/25/13 at 4:18 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries