Arial; of ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:City w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"Pontiac/st1:place/st1:City, died January 19, 2011 at 86 years of age. Arial; "Beloved husband of the late Vena; loving father of Ted (Angie) Brooks, Sandy (Fred) Coldicott and Rhonda Veggian; dearest grandfather of 7 and great grandfather of Arial; 9; brother of Shirley Ingram and Doris Chairs. Arial; "He is preceded in death by his parents Herk C. amp; Annie Brooks, 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Arial; "Mr. Brooks was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps., serving during WWII, he retired from General Motors, Fisher Body Plant Arial; after 30 years of service. He loved to rabbit hunt with his beagle dogs and enjoyed gardening. Arial; Arial; /