Mary Beth Brooke, 45, Birdsboro, died of natural causes Aug. 18, 2007, in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Township, where she was a patient for three weeks. Born in West Reading, she was a ...

He was 87. Born in 1934 to Mary and Ira Heckman in Reading, PA, Brooke spent his early years in the Reading area and his teenage years in Kennett Square, PA, graduating Kennett High School in 1952.