Carolyn N. Brewer
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January 23, 1923 - June 12, 2015 |
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Carolyn N. Brewer
Carolyn N. Brewer, the daughter of William Marcus and Beulah (Hood) Staples, was born January 23, 1923, in Burlington Junction, Missouri. She attended school in Burlington Junction.
On April 18, 1942, Carolyn was united in marriage to Cecil Loyd Brewer in Savannah, Missouri. After living in Kansas City, they made their home in Westboro, Missouri, and became the parents of James Loyd, Anna Marie, Jerome Staples, and Judith Jo.
Carolyn was employed by Robert Dunham, DVM, as a veterinarian assistant, doing everything from billing to pulling calves and assisting with surgery. She also worked as a nurse’s aide at the Community-Hospital, Fairfax, Missouri, and operated the Westboro Telephone office. Loyd passed away in 1986. Carolyn moved to Farragut in 2009, to be closer to her family, where she lived to the present time.
Carolyn was a former member of the Center Grove Cemetery board, assisted with Westboro elections, was a member of the United Methodist Church, Westboro, and the Merrill-Smith American Legion Auxiliary, Westboro, where she recently received a 50 year pin. Carolyn passed away Friday, June 12, 2015, at The Ambassador in Sidney, Iowa.
Besides her parents and husband, Carolyn was preceded in death by son, James Loyd Brewer; son-in-law, Donald L. Jenkins; two brothers, Otis and Marcus Staples; three sisters, Lena Bragg, Audrey Krome and Helen Smith. Survivors include children, Anna Marie Hadley and husband, Bob, Blue Springs, Missouri, Jerome Staples Brewer and wife, Karin, Ocala, Florida, and Judith Jo Jenkins, Farragut; nine grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Patty Brewer, Kansas City, Missouri; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio, Missouri. | |