Elsie Lavern Brake Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Elsie Lavern Brake of Birch Tree, Missouri, who passed away on February 22, 2023 at the age of 83. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her son Jimmy Wayne; her parents, Alfred Smotherman and Jewell Smotherman; her parents-in-law, Henry and Marie Brake; her siblings, Glen, Jack, Coy, Tom, Doyle, Chet, Robert, Lucille Medley and Essie Earls; and her siblings-in-law, Shirley Smotherman, Lorene Wolford, Earlene Pierce, Bob Medley, Bud Earls, Bill Pierce, Eddie Davis and Bill Wolford.
She is survived by: her children, Michael George (Barb) of Birch Tree, Jeffery Matthew and Kristen Michelle; her husband George Brake; her children, Jeff (Kim) of Birch Tree and Kristie Wallace (Kevin) of Winona; her sister Eva Fry (Ron) of Kimberling City; her siblings-in-law, Linda, Betty, Janice, Nadine, Mary Jane, Clara Brake, Shirley Mills, Judy Davis, Elaine Brake, Bill Brake, Bill Mills and Donnie Brake; and her grandchildren, Cassandra Brake, Angela Distler, Donna Brake, Susan Morris, Levi Brake, Jordan Brake, Nina West, Lina Shelton, Jeremy Strazdas, Ashley Roberts, Matt Brake, Lari Burton, Sydney Foster and Taylor Burton. She is also survived by twenty-one great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
