Kerry Noel Brooks, 50, of South Dayton, died Oct. 14, 2004 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA.
     Ms. Brooks was a graduate of Gowanda Central School and Buffalo State College. She was a special education teacher at Pine Valley Central School for 27 years.
     She was a member of Pine Valley Teachers Association, New York State Teachers Union, South Dayton United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 1593 Auxiliary, and a life member of Pine Valley VFW in Cherry Creek.
     She was the daughter of the late Eugene F. and Grace L. (Gleason) Brooks; mother of Cara N. Ewell Hodkin of North Tonawanda; sister of Michael Gleason of Centennial, CO, Jeffrey Brooks of Jacksonville, AR, Kyle Brooks of Gowanda, Pamela West of Port Angeles, WA, Leslie Bennett of McLean VA, Tracey Brooks of Chandler, AZ, Barrie Brooks of South Dayton, and the late Lawrence Brooks; and grandmother of Grace Hodkin of North Tonawanda.
     Memorials may be made to the Kerry Brooks Scholarship Fund c/o Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union, Cherry Creek, NY 14723.
     Arrangements were by Hills Funeral Chapel, S. Dayton.