Ronald N. "Ron" Brooks

Ronald N. Brooks            â€œbeloved son, brother and father”

SHINGLEHOUSE, PA---Ronald N. “Ron” Brooks, 47, of Shinglehouse, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, after battling a long term illness.
      Born September 7, 1966 in the St. Francis Hospital, Olean, NY, he was the son of Robert T. Brooks and Freda Halladay Ullrich.
     Ron graduated from the Oswayo Valley High School, Class of 1984.  He was employed by West Brothers in Millport for 17 years until ill health forced his retirement.
     He was a member of the N.R.A.  Ron loved to hunt, fish, and garden.  He enjoyed going to Benezette to look at the elk.  He loved his dog, Denali. His greatest love was his family.
     Surviving are his mother, Freda C. (John) Ullrich of Gaines, PA; his father, Robert T. Brooks of Shinglehouse; a sister, Carla J. Brooks of Shinglehouse; a stepdaughter, Megan M. (Rob Goode) Willetts of Shinglehouse; a stepson, Ronald E. “Ronnie” (Randi) Willetts of Shinglehouse; five grandchildren, Cayden M. Prescott, Camden M. Prescott, Owen N. Peterson, Wyatt C. Willetts, and Brantley M. Willetts; a nephew, Travis (Corrina) Crippen of Great Falls, Montana; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
     Ron was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Alfred and Mildred Plants Brooks; and his maternal grandparents, Lewis “Buck” and Gladys Shelley Halladay.
     In keeping with Ron’s wishes, there will be no public visitation.  Friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, Shinglehouse with the Rev. Russell J. Horning, pastor, and the Rev. Clint Pearsall, pastor of the Faith Bible Church, Little Genesee, officiating.
     Flowers are gratefully declined.  Memorials may be made to the Myasthenia Gravis Association, www.msfocus.org/donations.aspx