Brooke Amber (Sikes) Abney

Brooke Amber (Sikes) Abney, 35, of San Angelo, Texas and formerly of Rowena, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014 as a result of an automobile accident.

Brooke was born October 5, 1978 in Austin, Texas. She graduated from Ballinger High School in 1997 and attended Texas A&M University. Brooke and Dustin Abney were married May 5, 2012 in San Angelo. She was a purchasing agent for Dan Hil Containers in San Angelo.

From an early age, Brooke was an avid, insatiable reader. She had many God-given talents, including an artistic ability for sketching and painting. She had an infectious smile and a loving, sweet disposition. Her hugs were genuine and heartfelt, and one was blessed to be a recipient of one. She loved her family deeply and was a devoted wife, mother, daughter, and sister. For many, she leaves a void no one else can fill.

She was preceded in death by her father, Alan Sikes; her maternal grandparents, Ed and Margaret Schacherl; and paternal grandparents, John and Charlotte Sikes.

Brooke is survived by the love of her life, her husband Dustin, and the other love of her life, her son, James of San Angelo; her parents, Ray and Patsy Dierschke of Rowena; step-mother, Kathy Flannery of Austin. Her siblings are Bonnie Shrader and husband David of Dallas; Sheila Lewicki and husband Rob of Dallas and their children Jack, Benjamin and Anna; Brandon Dierschke and wife Catherine of Rockwall and their children Ian, Ellen and Cameron; and Scott Sikes and wife Courtney and son Beau of Austin. Also surviving are parents-in-law, Glen and Robyn Abney of Andrews; sisters-in-law, Cheryl Beasley and children Raygayle and Shahala, and Ashley Abney and daughter Aurora Watts; aunts and uncles, Leroy and Marilyn Schacherl, Betty Jo Halfmann, Dan and Marilynn Dierschke, Gene and Mary Cay Dierschke, Joyce and Wilbert Braden, Sharon Lange and James Kuykendall, and Susie Lister.

A Rosary/Wake service will be recited Friday, July 18, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rowena. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, also at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Fr. Ariel Lagunilla and Deacon Stanley Lange officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be David Shrader, Rob Lewicki, Brandon Dierschke, Scott Sikes, John Mook, Danny Casillas, and Nolan Paige. A private burial will take place at a later date.