In Meriden, CT, August 2, 2001, Ethel G. Brooks of 4226 Ashlar Village, Wallingford, CT, wife of the late James F. Brooks. Born in Dunmore, PA on February 19, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Ethel Harris Thomas. Mrs. Brooks was the Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools in Middletown, NJ for 30 years before her retirement. She moved to Hamden, CT in 1994 and in 1999 to Wallingford. She is survived by daughters: Beverly Jurkiewicz of Hamden and Carol Boulton of Meadville, PA and grandchildren: Michael and Gregg Jurkiewicz, Sierra and Keegan Boulton and Laurel Post. She was predeceased by a daughter, Audrey Post. Service of Interment will be held on Monday, August 6, 2001 in Fair View Cemetery, Middletown, NJ at 1 P.M. Arrangements with BEECHER & BENNETT, 2300 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN. CT. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Grant-in-aid Fund, Ashlar Village, P.O. Box 70, Wallingford, CT 06492.