Sharon Kay (Kemp)
Brewster
Nov 17, 1944 - Jul 16, 2016
Posted by Ann Weber
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Sharon Kay Kemp Brewster, age 71, died peacefully at her home in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on July 16, 2016. Sharon was born in North Platte, Nebraska, on November 17, 1944 to Walter Kemp and Florence Bellew Kemp.
She is survived in life by her Step Mother,
Ruth Kemp of Clay Center Kansas, her three children
Kimberly and husband David Kerr, Steven Brewster and
Paul Brewster, all of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She
was the proud grandmother of 4 grandchildren, 11 greatgrandchildren. She is also survived by three
brothers, Don and wife Arlyse Kemp, Charles and wife
Judy Kemp, and Chester and wife Anita Kemp along
with numerous extended family.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40
years, Gary Graham Brewster, her mother Florence
Bellew Kemp and father Walter Kemp and one nephew,
Mike Kemp, along with numerous extended family
members.
Sharon graduated from Miltonvale High School in
Miltonvale Kansas at age 16 in 1960. She attended
Miltonvale Wesleyan College and there met the love
of her life, Gary Graham Brewster that she wed on
June 3rd, 1966. In 1967, they moved to Howardville
Kansas to begin pastoring their first congregation.
During their time at Howardville, her first two
children were born, Kimberly in 1968 and Steven in
1971.
In 1972, they moved to LaPorte City Iowa where they
pastored their 2nd congregation/church for the next
10 years, and had her third child, Paul, in 1973. In
1982, the family of now 5, moved to Belleville
Kansas where they now had their 3rd church and
congregation that they pastored at until 1993. In
that year they moved on to Fridley Minnesota to take
the Roslyn Park Wesleyan church and they were there
until 2002 when they moved to Bartlesville to be
with their daughter Kim and grandchildren. Sharon
was
a homemaker, but also played a large role in each of
the churches they were at, working with the music,
women's and children's ministry programs as well as
being the church secretary. Her first love was that
for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and she
devoted her life to serving Him in many ways.
In 1988, Sharon went back to college to complete her
bachelor's degree in secondary education. She
graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University with
honors in 1991. After moving to Minnesota she
decided to go back to school again and completed her
master's degree in education with an emphasis on
special education and graduated, again with honors,
from Bethel University in 1997. Over the next
16 years she had the honor of teaching hundreds of
children.
Sharon was a devoted wife and mother and taught all
three of her children the importance of living Godly
lives. She lived her life graciously and gently and
believed that prayer and a strong foundation in
Christ was how she was meant to teach her children
to live as well. She lived by example and left this
world knowing she was going to heaven to be with our
Lord and to once again meet up with her beloved,
Gary. She will be deeply missed by many but we may
rejoice in the fact that we will one day see her
again!
Friends who wish, may sign the online guestbook and
leave condolences at
www.stumpff.org
Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory
1600 Southeast Washington Boulevard
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
(918) 333-4300
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from July 31 to
Aug. 30, 2016
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