SPRINGFIELD, IL - Harriet Browning Brooks, 98, passed away on December 26, 2020, at Fair Hills Assisted Living.

She was born in Chambersburg, Illinois to Clarence and Miriam (Dennis) Browning on April 24, 1922. She married Roscoe Baker Brooks on January 20, 1943, on his three-day pass before being shipped overseas to World War II.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sister, Mary Ellen Orr; brothers, John and David Browning, and son-in-law, Don Kronenberg.

Harriet is survived by her daughters, Marcia Kronenberg of Springfield, Carol (Fred Schied) Ann Brooks of Fallbrook, California, and Janet (Greg) Campbell of Springfield; her granddaughters, Nicole Schied of San Diego, California and Ashley (Aaron) Campbell Sagle of Springfield, and her great-granddaughter, Macie M. Sagle. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Shirley Browning of Chatham, and many nieces and nephews.

Harriet taught third grade in elementary schools for many years in Griggsville, Illinois and one summer worked in an ammunitions plant in St. Louis inspecting ammo being sent to our servicemen in WWII. She was a stay-at-home mother to watch her three daughters grow up and was a lifetime member of First Christian Church in both Chambersburg and Springfield, Illinois.

Memorial contributions can be made to the First Christian Church in Chambersburg or Springfield, Illinois

A private graveside service will be held at a later date at McCord Cemetery in Perry, Illinois.