Christopher Charles Brewster
Christopher Charles Brewster, 79, of Whitefield, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, peacefully of natural causes at the home of the family’s prize-winning gardens located behind Brewster’s Produce Stand in Whitefield. He was born Nov. 3, 1939, in Oklahoma City to George Berry and Avis Alfreda (Startz) Brewster. He was welcomed to his heavenly home to be with his Lord.
He attended school in Fort Cobb and upon graduation in 1960, he went to Ottawa, Kan. to work construction. He married Gloria Ruth Lovel in Alfalfa on June 3, 1961, and began work in Texas. This followed by helping to construct the Stockton Lake Dam in Missouri. He made a career change in 1971 to Sears Roebuck Co. in appliance/sales and moved to Bartlesville. He lived in Bartlesville and raised his children until retiring from a managerial position at Sears Roebuck in 1985 while also being a member of the Bartlesville Police Department Reserves and becoming CLEET certified. He then moved to Tahlequah, where he became Security Officer for Tahlequah City Hospital and also a Deputy for Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. He owned a used car lot in Tahlequah as well as being an amazing mechanic and performed impeccable auto body repair his entire life. He could repair any machine or grow any crop. Upon retirement, he operated Brewster’s Produce after taking over the reins from his father, The Watermelon King, George Brewster, and grew record breaking vegetables. He traveled to area nursing homes and sang regularly for the residents’ entertainment. Charles was active in community and civic organizations such as the Civictans, Jaycees and many area square dance clubs as the Caller.
Charles was from a different time in our country and was born during the end of the Great Depression in the era of “Waste Not, Want Not,” when a man was as good as his word and integrity was the basis of life. He carried this trait throughout his life and was determined to provide honest and remarkable customer service to every customer he ever had and this was proven through every sale he ever made.
His hobbies were many and varied: touring America on motorcycles, restoring foreign cars, award-winning gardens, singing, raising fish in ponds and photography. He loved animals and his dogs, Papillons Bear and Soche.
He had dreamed of becoming a pilot when he grew up, but instead devoted his life to providing for his family by always working more than one job and passed that legacy down to his children. Charles enjoyed being active in criminal justice and enforcing the law, which suited his protective, inquisitive and trustworthy nature.
His family will miss his steady guidance and gentle nature, but take comfort in knowing that we have a wise guardian angel to protect us.
Charles is survived by his son, Terry George Brewster and wife, Luba, of Sherman, Texas; his daughter, Jacqueline Brewster of Bartlesville; grandchildren, Dustin Brewster, Hilary and Wesley Jenkins, Artie and Tara Brewster, Benjamin and Haley Brewster, Steven Haughn and Sasha Kemerling, Jennifer and Clay Tate; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister, Reta Fitzer of Whitefield; a close friend, Wanda Ladd of Whitefield and Gloria Ruth (Lovel) Brewster, mother of his children.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents, George and Avis Brewster and a grandson, William Brewster.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in the R.E. Shearwood Memorial Chapel. Pallbearers include Artie Brewster, Steven Haughn, Benjamin Brewster and Clay Tate.
Burial will follow in Stigler Cemetery under the direction of King & Shearwood Funeral Home of Stigler.
Should friends desire, contributions for final experiences may be made to the family.