Marnie J. Brooks Steinwand
Licensed Funeral Director

Contact Marnie at 1-701-256-2568 or by e-mail at brooksfh@utma.com

Click to read: Marnie's Statement

Marnie graduated from mortuary school in Dallas, TX and began working with her father full time in 1996 caring for the families of the area. She also holds a degree from the University of North Dakota. Marnie is married to Dean Steinwand.

She is a former president of the Northern Lights Arts Council and served on the board of the Cavalier County Library. She is a past president of the Board of Directors of the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association and has served on the Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.

Robert B. Iverson

Funeral Assistant

     Bob  is  originally  from  Fairdale, ND. For the past 40 years, he has provided care to the families of Walsh, Pembina, and Cavalier counties through the funeral home in Edinburg.   Bob joined us in July of 2010. He brings many years of experience to Brooks Funeral Home.

Bob is a funeral assistant. He looks forward to serving families in his new position.             Bob & his wife, JoClaire, are the parents of seven children. 

Dawn Throndset Kruk

Office Manager

     Dawn attended school in Langdon and graduated in 1990.  After graduating from Moorhead State University with a degree in education, she taught for several years in various ND schools – St. Alphonsus in Langdon, Oakes, and Devils Lake - before returning to the Langdon area in 2003.  At that time she became director of the Cavalier County Library and held that position until January of 2010 when she started at Brooks Funeral Home.  For sixteen summers, she has also worked for the Langdon Country Club.

     Dawn is the office manager and handles most of the monument orders and sales.  She is a member of the Langdon Area School District Foundation Board of Directors, Eagles Auxillary, PEO Chapter U, and the 125th Celebration Committee.  She lives near Langdon with her husband, Stoney.

Founding Directors

G. Keith Brooks

G. Keith Brooks graduated from LHS in 1960. He attended the University of North Dakota and then went on to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received his Mortuary Science Education. He was united in marriage to Sandra Lee Pederson, of the Alsen area, in 1964. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968. He worked for a short time in Grand Forks before joining his father in 1970. Keith and Sandy had two children; Marnie and John.

Keith was a past President of the North Dakota Funeral Director’s association; was a long time Cavalier County Memorial Hospital Board Member; member and past commander of the Langdon Legion post No. 98 and in 1977 he was appointed veteran’s service officer for Cavalier County, a position he held for 25 years. He was a member of the United Lutheran Church and has served as President of the church council. He was a member at one time of the Lebanon lodge; Langdon Scottish Rite Bodies; Kem Temple of the Shrine, and the Forty-Niner Shrine Club; Langdon Eagles Aerie 3454 and the Elks.

Keith passed away in 2004.

George K. Brooks

George received his mortuary education from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was married to Wilma Harris of Cavalier, North Dakota. George died in 1990 and Wilma in 1980. They had four children: John Brooks, Lanetta Brooks Wilhelmi, G. Keith Brooks and William Brooks.

George was active in the Masons, served as the Chairman of the Cavalier County OPA Board, Chairman of the Langdon City School Board, president of the Langdon City Special School district board, president of the Commercial Club, member of the ND Funeral Directors Association.

Two of George’s children and one grandchild attended mortuary school and joined the family business as well.