Irene Marilyn Brooke

November 23, 1928 - October 16, 2015

Irene Marilyn Brooke passed on peacefully in her sleep at her home early Friday morning, October 16th. She was born November 23, 1928 to William K. & Ida Moschel in Chicago, Illinois. Irene loved to swim, dance, and ice skate at a park near her home in Chicago and enjoyed summer visits with her family to Lake Delavan in Wisconsin. She attended Vanderpool Elementary and Morgan Park High School before moving with her family in 1945 to a house and citrus grove on Taylor Road in Sharyland. She attended McAllen High School and graduated mid-term 1947 and helped with McHi Class of ’47 reunions. Irene attended Edinburg Junior College and Texas A&I University in Kingsville. She was known to friends affectionately as “Mo”. Irene moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1952 and worked as a government secretary at Sandia Base. In 1956 she moved to San Antonio, Texas and married Air Force pilot, John Galen Brooke. She came back to McAllen in 1962 to raise her children with the help of her family and worked as a secretary at Crockett Elementary and later at the Central Office for a great boss, Homer J. Morris. Irene became a businesswoman for the rest of her life and was an inspiration to her children. In her later years, she continued working as a manager and bookkeeper of her rental properties. She is dearly loved by all her family. Irene is survived by her brother, W. D. Moschel (Kathy) Edinburg, TX ; her eldest son, John W. Brooke McAllen, TX; her daughter Darlene G. Hoyns( Roy) Falls Church, VA; her youngest son, William A. Brooke (Keitha) Redding, CA; and two grandchildren, Johnathon W. Hoyns, and Lauren A. Hoyns of Falls Church, VA. A private family memorial celebration is planned. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Salvation Army or a charity of one’s choice. As per her wishes her body will be cremated.