Brooklyn Jaide Hockemeyer was born at 12:07 p.m. April 23, 2008, to Derek and Beth Hockemeyer, Warsaw. Born at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, she weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 20-1/4 inches.
Grandparents are Steve and Brenda Roby, Warsaw and Kevin and Leigh Ann Denlinger, all of Warsaw, and Ted and Becky Hockemeyer, Columbia City. Great-grandparents are Carilyn Denlinger, Nan Guthrie, Ruth McCullough, and Frank and Diane Grose.
Brooklyn joins a brother, Blake, 16 months. A sister, Gracie, is deceased.