Frieda M. Shaw Brewer passed away on 15 September 2023, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Frieda was born on 28 January 1943, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Her parents were Troy Shaw, and Minnie May (Taylor) Shaw. Both were a long-time resident of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, where her father worked as a plumber. Graduating from the Pauls Valley High School in 1961, her lifelong goal was to continue her education at Oklahoma University, in Norman, Oklahoma. As an honor student from Pauls Valley High, she enrolled in the University of Oklahoma, and graduated in 1965 with a degree in Sociology. Continuing her education, she graduated with a master's degree in Speech Language Pathology in 1967. After finishing her schooling, she went to work for the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Health Department, as a speech language Pathologist. Retiring in December 2001, she worked for a short period at Whitebead Public School. She is preceded by her son Kevin Murphy, sisters Virginia Elaine Edwards, Wilma Dean Booth, Alma Valene Devereax, Rena Rudell Nisely. Her brother Troy Michael Shaw now resides in Beeville Texas. In July 1999, she married her husband Herbert David Brewer in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma who now lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Frieda loved to sew, refurbish old dolls, paint, needlepoint art, but her first love was the gift of working with children. Moving to the farm in Lindsay, Oklahoma she became an accomplished gardener growing vegetables of various sorts. She quickly learned to tend to animals: pigs, cows, and her favorite were the Emus' who stood patiently waiting for Frieda to toss them tomatoes over the fence. Driving down the highway, she could point out the different row crops by names, soybeans, corn, cotton, and alfalfa field. She also became a fisherwoman disobeying the three rules set by her husband David, that he always catches the first, the most and the largest. After retirement, she also became a world traveler visiting Vienna Austria, Dublin Ireland, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She traveled the south western states of our nation and she enjoyed San Diego, California the most. Walking up and down the beaches gathering rocks, seashells, and sand dollars; she paused to talk to the young children as they played in the sand and wading in the surf as it raced up the sand to the beach. Frieda, herself was a work of art, given to us by our creator, and she will always be cherished and remembered by all.
Funeral services were held on September 19, 2023 at 01:00 p.m. in the Wooster Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. Chad Gray officiating. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home.