Donald Joseph Brewer
Donald Joseph Brewer was born on 10/16/1932 in Leadwood, MO and died 07/04/1996 in Aurora, MO.
Joe served on the destroyer, USS Taussig, as a Chief Petty Officer during the Korean Conflict.
NAVAL DEFINITION: Chief Petty Officer
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Chief Petty Officer is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, just above Petty Officer First Class and below Senior Chief Petty Officer, and is a non-commissioned officer. They are referred to as Chief in most circumstances.
Unlike Petty Officer First Class and lower ranks, advancement to Chief Petty Officer not only carries requirements of time in service, superior evaluation scores, and specialty examinations, but also carries an added requirement of peer review. A Petty Officer First Class can only advance if the existing chiefs approve.
Advancement into the Chief Petty Officer grades is the most significant promotion within the enlisted Navy ranks. At the rank of Chief, the sailor takes on more administrative duties. Their uniform changes to reflect this change of duty; becoming similar to that of an officer, albeit with different insignia than an officer. Sailors in the three Chief Petty Officer ranks also have conspicuous privileges such as separate dining areas. Any Navy ship of sufficient size has a room or rooms that are off-limits to anyone not a Chief (including officers) except by specific invitation.
In some contexts, Chief Petty Officer can refer to the class of non-commissioned ranks of this rank and higher:
Chief Petty Officer
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Master Chief Petty Officer
After his tour of duty in the Navy he worked for a number of years with his father-in-law, Felix A. Shelton for the Monsanto Chemical company of St. Louis and was later self-employed for many years. He was also a long-time member and president of his local chapter of the Eagles Lodge in St Francois County, MO. An avid fisherman, he hand-built a four room cabin on the Big St. Francois River near Fredricktown where for many years he held his annual 4th of July party for family and friends. In his later years he purchased the Sportsman's Paradise Resort cabins and bait shop on Lake Wappapella where he lived until forced by illness he moved into the town of Poplar Bluff for a few short years and then moved to the Ozarks in southwest Missouri. He passed away in the Aurora, MO community hospital from a long-time cardio-pulmonary health condition and is buried in the Knights of Columbus cemetary in Farmington, MO. in the family plot. He was laid to rest near his first wife, Jean and his brother, Earl.
Joe was married 04/26/1956, to Irma Jean (Shelton) Brewer, 3/25/1939-04/24/67, a home maker and local Avon reprsentative in the St.Francois County area and who passed away in an automobile accident at the early age of 27 years old.
Their children are:
Theresa Edna Mae Brewer 03/25/1957
Stephen Joseph Brewer 08/31/1960
Gerald Linn Brewer 12/27/1964
Their grandchildren are:
Theresa's children:
Scott Joseph Brewer, 03/11/1974
Janiece Ravoidia Burke, 10/22/1977
Judge Randall Burke, 02/24/1982
Gerald's child:
Jacqueline Nicole Brewer, 07/16/1988
Their great grandchildren are:
Scott Joseph Brewer's children:
Joseph Michael (Brewer)Pinton, born 12/18/1992 and resides in Jefferson Parish, LA.
Jordan Joseph Brewer, born 01/26/1998 in Springfield, MO and resides in Nacodoches, TX.
Donald Joseph Brewer remarried after the death of his first wife, Jean.
He married Shirley Rickmar Underwood Marler in 1968, having no children of their own they remained a couple until his death in 1996.
Shirley's children that Joe helped to raise are:
Debra Underwood Womack
Harry Underwood
Steven Underwood
Patty Underwood
Brenda Underwood StGemme
David N. Marler
Most of these children were profoundly saddened and expressed their deep love and affection for their stepfather at his funernal and remarked, "He was my father. He was the only father I ever knew". Their love for this man was apparent and they seemed honored to have had him in their lives.
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