<b>Good afternoon everybody,<br /><br />Jim just called me to let me know that his Mom passed away at 4:00 am this morning.  She is at peace now and is at a better place.  <br /><br />Funeral will be held Sat. at 10:00 and visitation Friday night 6:00 - 8:00 pm<br /><br />This is her obituary:</b><br /><br /><br /><b>DOREEN HAMMACK<br /><br /> <br /><br />Doreen Brooke Hammack was born 1/17/22 to Herbert Stanley Brooke and Ann Stocks Brooke in Batley, England.  She completed her education in England and left home to join the Royal Air Force in 1942 during World War II where she met the love of her life, Grover T. Hammack.  They were married in 1945 in Louth, England.  In February, 1946, Doreen came to the United States with their infant son to begin a new life with a new family and became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1951.   Doreen was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who loved to cook for her family and baked an unknown number of cookies for her children’s schools.  Later in life, she graduated from Four C Business College and went on to teach bookkeeping for the school and later retired from the City of Waco Traffic Division in 1985.  She was a charter member of Cogdell Memorial United Methodist Church.  Doreen was a founding member of the Britannia Wives Club in Waco and enjoyed the monthly cups of tea with her British friends.  She enjoyed reading, needlepoint, crochet, and knitting donating many caps and afghans for needy children.  Her weekly Shanghai card games were also a source of enjoyment and friendship.<br /><br /> <br /><br />She was preceded in death by her husband, and parents.<br /> She is survived by her son, James S.(Jim) Hammack, Sr. and wife Kathy, daughter, Linda Alleman and husband, Curtis. Two sisters, Joyce Lewis of Caersws,Mid Wales, Great Briton, and Barbara Brooke of Ossett,Yorkshire, England, one brother, Derrick Brooke of Dewsberry West Yorkshire, England, four grandchildren, James Jr. and wife Michelle, Brian Alleman, and wife Christy D, David Hammack, and Christy L. Alleman, two great-grandchildren, Ashley Alleman and Dylan Hammack. 1 nephew and 1 niece.<br /><br /> <br />Memorials can be made to Cogdell Memorial United Methodist Church, 1201 West Highway 6, Waco TX 76710 or charity of your choice.<br /><br /> <br /><br />January 17,1922 – August 26,2009</b>