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- Times Argus, November 28, 2017
Sherrie L. Brewster (Picture included)
MONTPELIER - Sherrie Lyn (Bessette) Brewster, 65, formerly of East Montpelier, died on Nov. 23, 2017.
Sherrie was born March 15, 1952, in Montpelier, Vermont, to Edward and Evelyn (Eastman) Bessette. She grew up in Montpelier and graduated from Montpelier High School in 1970. She married David Brewster, of Barre, and they built a house in East Montpelier, had three children and later divorced. Sherrie was a resident of East Montpelier for over 30 years.
Sherrie was a retiree from the state of Vermont, where she worked for the Department of Labor's apprenticeship program. Sherrie had also worked as a court recorder at Washington Family Court in Barre, a 911 dispatcher for the Montpelier Police Department and a deputy game warden in central Vermont. She was also an active member of the Vermont State Employees' Association.
Sherrie loved being outdoors and spent her free time kayaking, fishing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and working in her exquisite flower gardens. She was passionate about rabbit hunting with her beagles and deer hunting. She coordinated her Montpelier High School class reunions and enjoyed traveling with family and friends to Maine, Florida, Costa Rica, New Mexico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sherrie cherished the holidays and was an amazing baker.
Surviving family includes three children: Brian Brewster, of Lyndonville, Stephanie Fleury and her husband, Scott, of Barre Town, and Lauri Brewster and her husband, Manrique Logan, of Portland, Oregon; four grandchildren: Riley, Nicholas, Alyssa and Oliver; four siblings: Terry Bessette and his wife, Jean, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sandy Farnham and her husband, Allan, of Plainfield, Bonnie Burkholder and her husband, Steve, who recently returned to Vermont from St. John, Virgin Islands, and Penny Hannigan and her husband, Francis, of Montpelier; a sister-in-law, Terry Bessette; 12 nieces and nephews.
Sherrie was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Doug Bessette, nephew Michael Bessette, and ex-husband David Brewster.
The family would like to thank staff at The Metivier Care Home of Barre, The Arbors in Shelburne and St. Albans Health and Rehabilitation Center for their outstanding caregiving and compassion.
Calling hours will be Sunday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m.-noon at Guare & Sons Funeral Home in Montpelier. A private memorial service will be held at a later time.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1952 - 2017 (65 years)
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