More detail on this person: Terry D. Brooks,
52, of Julian died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at
Centre Community Hospital.
Born Nov. 3, 1948, in Bellefonte, he was a son of
Emma Jane Brooks Confer of Julian and the late
Ray T. Confer.
He was a 1966 graduate of Bald Eagle Area High
School.
He was an Army veteran, having served from 1968
to 1979. From 1969 to 1970 he was a Bell AB-16
Huey Cobra helicopter pilot during the Vietnam
War.
In 1969 he completed the AH-1G (Cobra) transition
gunnery course and the warrant office rotary wing
aviator course. In 1973 he completed the
USAREUR instructor pilot Nap-of-the-Earth course
in Schwaebisch Hall, Germany.
He was awarded the Air Medal for Heroism while
participating in aerial flight.
He was awarded the Vietnam Combat certificate as
a member of the Golden Hawks.
He receive the Army Commendation Medal, the Air
Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, he was a helicopter pilot
instructor.
Since 1987, he was the owner of Stover's Tea Room
in Milesburg.
He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose
Lodge 206 in Bellefonte and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks in Bellefonte. He
belonged to the American Legion Post 893 in
Milesburg.
He was a Protestant.
He is survived by a companion, Cindy Bartley, her
daughter, Jennifer M. Gillette of Denver, and
numerous cousins.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dean K.
Wetzler Funeral Home in Milesburg, with the Rev.
Stephen R. Hicks officiating.
Burial will be in Eagle Cemetery in Boggs
Township, where military honors will be accorded.
At a later date to be announced, a memorial blood
drive will be held in his memory.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
American Cancer Society, Centre Unit, 123 S.
Sparks St., State College, PA 16801.
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