Nancy Jo Brooks
1938 - 2013 (75 years)-
Name Nancy Jo Brooks [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 18 Jan 1938 Omer, Arenac, Michigan, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female CMSI Member 2347 FamilySearch ID LTG2-1N6 Residence 1 Apr 1940 Sterling, Arenac, Michigan, USA [1] Residence 1950 Lincoln, Arenac, Michigan, USA [3] Burial 2013 Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, USA [2] Death 2 Feb 2013 El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA [2, 4] Person ID I41177 Clan Montgomery Society Last Modified 2 Jul 2026
Father George Edwin Brooks, b. 10 Jun 1900, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA d. 8 Apr 1967, Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years) Relationship natural Mother Opal Imogene Clark, b. 30 Aug 1907, Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA d. 7 Jun 1953, Bay, Michigan, USA (Age 45 years) Relationship natural Marriage 27 May 1926 Allendale, Wabash, Illinois, USA Family ID F13445 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charles Alvin Runta, Jr, b. 10 Aug 1929, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA d. 31 Jul 2015, El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA (Age 85 years) Marriage 31 Mar 1962 Trenton, Wayne, Michigan, USA Family ID F13443 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Jul 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 18 Jan 1938 - Omer, Arenac, Michigan, USA 
Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Sterling, Arenac, Michigan, USA 
Marriage - 31 Mar 1962 - Trenton, Wayne, Michigan, USA 
Death - 2 Feb 2013 - El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Brooks Runta, Nancy Jo (1938-2013)
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Notes - Lived in Sterling, Mich for lst year of life, then lived between Sterlingand Standish until age 7. Moved to a 40 acre farm outside Standish.Lived there until graduation from High School. Lived with a friend'sfamily during Sr. year and moved to Pinconning, Mich. the summer aftergraduation and worked at the Bakery Restaurant while also
baby sitting the owner's daughter. Moved to Ypsilanti, Mich in the fallof 1956 to attend Eastern Mich. Univ. Lived in the dorm for the firstyear and a half, then moved in with brother, Bill and sister in law,Diana. Lived at Moore's Funeral Home rent free for l year, then moved toa small home in Ypsi until graduation from college. Graduated
from Eastern Michigan University with a degree in Deaf Education in 1960.Attended Columbia University in summer of 1961. Taught hearing impairedin Trenton, Michigan until marriage. Lived with Marilyn Schumacher (nowBerg) until marriage then moved to Riverside Drive until moving toFindlay, Ohio in 1962. Lived first in Argyle
Apartments on Main Street until buying house at 437 Portz Ave. in fall of1962. Moved to house at 321 Hancock St. in April 1974. Taught one yearin Fostoria, Ohio then quit work to raise family. Worked part time atFindlay YMCA as Aquatic Instructor for 6 years and as a Homebound Tutorto Physically Handicapped children for 3 years.
Worked as a substitute teacher in Hearing Impaired in 1977 then beganteaching hearing impaired again full time in 1978 for Findlay CitySchools. Last few years of teaching, taught Hearing Impaired,Developmentally Handicapped, and Learning Disabled. Retired June 1998.Very active as director, actress, and board member of the Fort FindlayPlayhouse Community Theatre joining in 1963 and as a Board Member of theOhio Community Theatre Association for 9 years serving as Secretary for 6years and 2nd Vice President for one year. Began interest in genealogy in1967. Met husband, Chuck, at singles groups in Wyandotte, Mich.associated with the Methodist Church and the YMCA. Belonged to St.Andrews Church in Findlay before transferring to St.
Marks Methodist. Other interest is in Bowling Green State UniversityHockey. Been fans since 1983. Have known several players who have goneon to play in the NHL.
Submitted by Nancy (Brooks) Runta via GEDCOM 5/26/03
- Lived in Sterling, Mich for lst year of life, then lived between Sterlingand Standish until age 7. Moved to a 40 acre farm outside Standish.Lived there until graduation from High School. Lived with a friend'sfamily during Sr. year and moved to Pinconning, Mich. the summer aftergraduation and worked at the Bakery Restaurant while also
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Sources - [S2780] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Sterling, Arenac, Michigan; Roll: T627_1724; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 6-6.
Record for George Brooks - [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Nancy Jo Runta
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=149251296&indiv=try - [S4362] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Lincoln, Arenac, Michigan; Roll: 2604; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 6-8.
Record for George E Blacks
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=174301390&indiv=try - [S2788] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.
Record for Nancy J Runta
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3693&h=93247595&indiv=try
- [S2780] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Sterling, Arenac, Michigan; Roll: T627_1724; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 6-6.
