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Obituary in Salmon Arm Observer - Thursday, Jan. 22, 1959.

A. A. Brooke
Pioneer Local Resident, Dies

Arthur A. Brooke, pioneer resident of Salmon Arm, died on January 13, in St. Bartholomew's hospital, Lytton, at the age of 84 years. Burial took place in Valley View cemetery, Cloverdale.

Of English parentage, Mr. Brooke was born in Rome in 1874 and was raised and educated in Switzerland and England. At the age of 16, he came to Canada and located at Carman, Man., where he started to farm in 1894. Later he moved to Didsbury, Alta., where he homesteaded.

In 1907, Mr. Brooke moved to Salmon Arm and acquired property in the valley on which he farmed until his retirement in 1944.

Always active in the development and activities of the community, Mr. Brooke was the leading figure in starting Salmon Arm Creamery and was president of the dairymen's co-operative organization for 12 years. He served as a member of the municipal council in the days of the ward system, and also took an active interest in church affairs.

An accomplished artist, Mr. Brooke did much work in water colors after his retirement and became well known for his paintings in Eastern Canada and the United States. His pictures were displayed in Toronto on several occasions.

For the past seven months, Mr. Brooke had been living with his son, Harold Arthur Brooke, at Siska Lodge, Lytton, where he gained additional fame as an artist. Mrs. Brooke pre-deceased her husband in December, 1957.

Besides his son at Siska Lodge, Lytton, Mr. Brooke is survived by two other sons, Ralph Edward, Ontario, Ore., and Ernest Cuthbert, Invermere; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Adair, Oakland, Cal., 12 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren; five brothers, Charles Brooke, Chase, Hugh, Didsbury, Alta., Stephen, Winnipeg, and Robin and Percy, Vancouver, and one sister, in Seattle.