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Julie Suzanne Brokken

Birth	:	18 Jul 1959 Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	17 Dec 2020
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Lockridge Township, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9878000, -91.8266000
Description	:	Julie Suzanne Brokken, age 61, artist and poet of Albuquerque, passed away peacefully among friends and family on December 17, 2020, after an 11-month battle with melanoma. Julie was born in 1959 in Fairfield, Iowa. Raised on her family’s farm, her youth was rooted in connection to farm life, family and deep observation of the nature surrounding herself. These remained an inspiration for her entire life, and wherever she lived she kept a lovely garden. Says a friend, “Anything she touched, she turned to treasure.” Julie graduated from Fairfield High School in 1977 and Iowa Wesleyan in 1983... Read More	Julie Suzanne Brokken, age 61, artist and poet of Albuquerque, passed away peacefully among friends and family on December 17, 2020, after an 11-month battle with melanoma. Julie was born in 1959 in Fairfield, Iowa. Raised on her family’s farm, her youth was rooted in connection to farm life, family and deep observation of the nature surrounding herself. These remained an inspiration for her entire life, and wherever she lived she kept a lovely garden. Says a friend, “Anything she touched, she turned to treasure.” Julie graduated from Fairfield High School in 1977 and Iowa Wesleyan in 1983 with a degree in fine arts. Summers, she taught ceramics in the 1980s at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan and public school art in Phoenix the rest of the year. While living in Phoenix, she also taught art workshops at the Phoenix Art Museum, worked as a telephone reference librarian at the Phoenix Public Library, as a massage therapist and was an active artist and teacher at The Farm at South Mountain. In 2010, she moved to Albuquerque and soon after opened her signature White Butterfly Studio at the Factory on 5th Art Space. Visitors were often treated to a cuppa cocoa or tea while learning about the latest art project. Julie also was active in the poetry scene in Albuquerque and made many good friends there as well. Her poetry appears in many anthologies and she was featured poet twice for Chatter Sunday. Her artwork has been exhibited in many local and regional shows and she also served as juror for shows. Julie was a frequent featured artist at Tortuga Gallery in Albuquerque. Her most recent one-woman show, “To Iowa With Love” took place in 2017, back in Fairfield, Iowa at the convention center, bringing her career full circle back to those early roots. Julie worked in various media. Most recently she focused on photography, mixed media encaustic photography, collage works, assemblage and installation pieces. Julie kept a well-worn satchel nearby full of sketch pads and pencils so she could have a little studio wherever she roamed. In her spare time, Julie could be found happily walking in the woods (bosque), near the Albuquerque Volcanoes (Three Sisters), up on the green side of the Sandia Mountains, visiting special places such as her bee tree back at the farm, camping or paddling a canoe. Often, a small natural treasure would be discovered or forgotten piece of rusty equipment that might find its way into a future art piece. Julie rarely went a day without capturing a beautiful photo. Her life was seldom separated from her experience as an artist. Julie is survived by siblings, John Brokken, Mike Brokken and Melinda Estle (Sam), five nieces, one nephew and one great-nephew. Julie had a large complement of special cousins, aunts and uncles. Julie was also considered a “Fairy Godmother” to many children wherever she lived, with her special affinity for the magic and wonder of childhood. Julie was predeceased by parents Wallace and Lois Brokken. Memorial donations can be made in her honor to charities she supported in her lifetime: Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, https://www.fws.gov/refuge/valle_de_oro/ or The Tree Sisters, https://treesisters.org/ - an organization that focuses on the re-greening of dry lands throughout our world. At a future date, there will be memorials in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Fairfield, Iowa.

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Julie Suzanne Brokken's memorial is located at: Union Cemetery, Lockridge Township, Jefferson County, USA.
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Latitude: 40.9878000
Longitude: -91.8266000

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Wallace Eivind “Wally” Brokken

(1930 - 2009)

Lois E Crile Brokken

(1931 - 2016)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Cemetery
Lockridge Township, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9878000, -91.8266000

2. Bonnifield Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9874992, -91.7966995

3. Mount Zion Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9617004, -91.8082962

4. New Swedish Methodist Church Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0037384, -91.7763519

5. Bethesda Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0019000, -91.8796000

6. New Sweden Baptist Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0242004, -91.7857971

7. Galliher Cemetery
Glasgow, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9666892, -91.8835038

8. Wright Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9524000, -91.8728000

9. New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0238991, -91.7797012

10. New Sweden United Methodist Church Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0247002, -91.7752991

11. Peterson Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0393982, -91.8075027

12. Lockridge Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9952000, -91.7558500

13. Salina Cemetery
Salina, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0419006, -91.8330994

14. Hopkirk Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0029000, -91.7566000

15. Fiedler Cemetery
Glasgow, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9321000, -91.8280000

16. Jones Family Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9302000, -91.8164000

17. Bradshaw Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9766998, -91.9032974

18. Glasgow Cemetery
Glasgow, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9375000, -91.7838974

19. Four Corners German Lutheran Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0247002, -91.7605972

20. Upland Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9700012, -91.7461014

21. Hopkirk Family Cemetery
Lockridge, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9928820, -91.7396530

22. Gilmer Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9486008, -91.7564011

23. Chillcott Family Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0558000, -91.8286300

24. Pattison Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9444008, -91.9049988