Brenda Lee Brooks Sveda, age 48,
of Erie,pa.
passed away Sunday, January 15, 2012 following a lengthy illness at St. Vincent Health Center. She was born in Erie on September 16, 1963, the daughter of Frank and Rose Balter Brooks. Brenda was a graduate of Seneca High School. She was employed as a supervisor at the Martin Luther King Center for several years. Brenda enjoyed sewing, gardening, reading, crossword puzzles and music, but most of all enjoyed being a mother and a grandmother. Besides her parents, survivors include daughters, Christina Sveda (Jeremy Newman) of Erie and Amanda Helprin; one sister, Rose Baybrook (George) of Harborcreek Twp.; one brother, Frank Brooks of Greene Twp.; one grandson, Andrew James Sveda; one niece, Stephanie Sonney of Erie; many aunts, uncles and cousins. Friends may call at the Dusckas Funeral Home, Inc., East, 2607 Buffalo Road on Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. and are invited to attend a Funeral Service there on Thursday at 11 a.m. conducted by the Rev. Patrick Kennedy. Interment, Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery.
( Erie Times-News on January 17, 2012 ).