Montpelier, VT
Sherrie Lyn (Bessette) Brewster, 65, formerly of East Montpelier died on November 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 thirty years.
Sherrie was a retiree from the state of Vermont, where she worked for the Department of Labors 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 VT 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, VI and Penny Hannigan and her husband Francis of Montpelier; a sister-in-law, Terry Bessette; twelve nieces and nephews.
Sherrie was predeceased by her parents, her brother Doug Bessette, nephew Michael Bessette and ex-husband David Brewster.
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, December 10th from 10am-12pm at Guare & Sons Funeral Home in Montpelier. A private memorial service will be held at a later time.