Mercie Brooks

Mercie M. (Daggett) Brooks, 86, of Haverhill, died Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Penacook Place Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.Born in Haverhill, she was the daughter of the late Edson and Mildred (Kelso) Daggett and stepdaughter to the late Anne (LaFoe) Daggett.She attended Haverhill Public Schools and was a graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1941. She was head majorette at Haverhill High School, and later volunteered as head chaperone for the original V.F.W. Lorraine Post 29 Shoemakers Drum and Bugle Corps.Mrs. Brooks was employed as the office receptionist at Penacook Place for over 30 years. She referred to her co workers as her other family. She also spent a number of years working at Cleary Cleaners and E-Z Way Cleaners in Haverhill.The widow of Peter G. Brooks, she leaves three daughters, Judith (Brooks) Livingstone and her husband Keith of Seabrook, N.H., Linda (Brooks) Plourde and her husband Richard of Haverhill, Jody (Brooks) Waddington and her friend Gary Mazza of Haverhill six grandchildren, Tammie Sargent and her partner Mary Beth Zambella of Haverhill, Michele Sargent of Marshall Va., Barry Sargent and friend Lynette Gagnon of Seabrook, N.H., Nicole (Waddington) Hernandez and her husband Juan of Haverhill, Therese Plourde of Haverhill, Meaghan Waddington and her friend Jay Rivera of Haverhill six great-grandchildren, Andrew Sargent, Hunter Sargent, Madisyn Casey, Isaac Hernandez, Victor “JJ ” DeAza Jr., Nevaeh Rivera and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by siblings, Muriel Elliott, Dana Daggett, and Wilbur Daggett.ARRANGEMENTS: Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. (Route 125), Haverhill. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 9, at 10 a.m. in the funeral home. Burial will follow at Linwood Cemetery Haverhill. Memorial donations may be made in her name to the Penacook Place Activities Fund, 150 Water St., Haverhill, MA 01830. www.comeaufuneral.com.