Mary Pauline Brake

SHE GREW UP THERE AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954. SHE WORKED FOR JACK AND MARGARET GOODWIN IN THEIR CAFE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE MOVED TO FREDERICK, OKLAHOMA WHERE SHE WORKED AT BURNS RESTAURANT, BYRUM CLEANERS AND DR. A. B, GATTIS.

SHE MET HAROLD BRAKE IN 1956 AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON MARCH 29, 1957 IN MANITOU BAPTIST CHURCH, AFTER THAT HAROLD HAD TO GO TO THE ARMY, SHE REMAINED IN FREDERICK UNTIL 1959. WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, THEY MOVED TO ALTUS OKLAHOMA, WHILE THERE SHE WORKED FOR JOHNSON FURNITURE AND JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNTIL AUGUST 1968.

THEY MOVED TO WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS AND MADE IT THEIR HOME. SHE WORKED FOR WICHITA FALLS CLINIC, G. DONALD LARSON M.D, AND WICHITA COUNTY VETERANS OFFICE RETIRING IN 2001.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. MARKS METHODIST CHURCH, SHE SANG IN THE CHOIR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE BUSY BEE QUILTERS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND HAROLD BRAKE OF 63 YEARS, PARENTS, 3 BROTHERS AND 1 SISTER.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS NEPHEWS AND NIECES AND IN-LAWS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK TEXHOMA CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER FOR ALL THE LOVING CARE THEY GAVE HER.