Veda Elizabeth Brooks, 80, passed away May 9, 2007 in Richland, Washington. She was born October 8, 1926 to Verl S. and Rita P. Allen in Hagerman, Idaho. She graduated from Clover Park High School in Tacoma and attended Central Washington University where she was a member of the Pep Club. She and her husband Walter were married in Benton City on September 6, 1946 and recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. She was a life long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and with her husband served a mission to South Africa in 1995 & 1996. After graduating from high school in 1944, Veda worked for the Corps of Engineers in Richland and learned later that its mission was development of the Atomic Bomb. She enjoyed traveling and camping in their RV. Her main hobby was cross stitching and crossword puzzles. Veda was preceded in death by a son Rodney Dean; her parents; three brothers Verl Dean, Don and Larry; sister Sue Ann Van Valkenburg and two great-granddaughters Kayla Paige Harris and Alexis Shores. She is survived by her husband, Walter Brooks at their home in Kennewick, WA.; daughters Jackie Campbell in West Richland and Tamara Oliver in Ridgefield, WA.; two sons Larry in Eugene, OR and Tom in Gig Harbor, WA.; brother Ken L. Allen in Kennewick; sister Connie Honroth in Kennewick; twenty-six grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Viewing will be Sunday, May 13, 2007, 5pm-8pm, at Mueller?s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, 1401 S. Union St., Kennewick and Monday, May 14th at the LDS Pittsburgh Chapel beginning at 12:00pm. Funeral Service will be Monday, May 14th, 1:00pm, at the LDS Pittsburgh Building, 724 N. Pittsburgh, Kennewick with Interment to follow at Desert Lawn Memorial Park, 10th & Union, Kennewick.