Charles A. Brooks, 56, a lifelong resident of Lawrence, MA, passed away on Thursday, July 18, 2013 at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen.
Born in Lawrence, Charles was a graduate of St. Lawrence O'Toole Grammar School and St. John's Prep in Danvers, MA. He went on to graduate from Merrimack College in 1978 majoring in both History and English. Charles had worked for the Internal Revenue Service for some 25 years.
The son of the late J. Kenney and Anne E. (Collins) Brooks and brother to the late J. Kenney Brooks, family members include:
his life partner: Donald E. Sunnerberg of Lawrence, MA, brothers: Kevin K. Brooks and his wife Linda of Maui, HI, and Sean M. Brooks of Lawrence, MA. Charles is also survived by a nephew: Ryan Brooks of Montana.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 10:00 A.M in St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 300 Haverhill St., Lawrence, MA. Burial will follow in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, also in Lawrence, MA. Relatives and friends may call on Monday, July 22, 2013 from 4 to 8 P.M. at the John Breen Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 122 Amesbury St., Lawrence, MA. Memorial contributions may be made in Charles's memory to either the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA, 22312, or to the National Kidney Foundation, Finance Department, 30 East 33rd St., New York, N.Y., 10016. To send an online condolence or for more information, please go to www.breenfuneralhome.com.