George Douglas Brooks

George Douglas Brooks passed away Sept. 11. He was born Aug. 4, 1943 in Wallace, Idaho (not where you think!). He spent the majority of his childhood in Clarkfork, Idaho where he completed his schooling. He then joined the Navy in 1961 at the age of 17, serving 3 dedicated years maintaining the boilers and engines of the USS Dixie.

For two years he worked for the railroad before being employed as a mechanic for a Moscow Idaho Pontiac dealership. From 1970 to 1974, still in Moscow, Idaho, he worked for a Datsun dealership owned by his lifelong best friend Eldon Sorenson. George continued workin...