Jerry Lee Brehm was born May 3, 1942, in Colony to John and Nellie (McMullin) Brehn and passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021 in Oklahoma City, at the age of 78 years, 8 months, and 9 days.

Jerry grew up in Clinton surrounded by family, four sisters and three brothers.  Father and Mother taught their children what work and discipline were from a very young age.  There was no "Spare the rod spoil the child" in the Brehm home.  There was plenty of mischief and pranks between siblings and even neighborhood children.  What one couldn't think of, another one would.

Jerry attended Clinton Public Schools and graduated Clinton High School in May 1960.  While attending high school he became a member of Trades and Industry Progam in which he attended school first half of the day and worked at the Clinton Daily News afternoon, evenings, and Saturdays.  In those days the pages to print the newspapers were made with molten lead and plenty of black ink.  Jerry's job consisted of cleaning and preparing the Press, re-melting lead into molds to reuse, helping make up pages for printing on the press, heling run the printing press, attaching mailing labels to newspapers and delivering newspapers to the Post Office.

After graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Army and served from May 1960 to May 1963.  His basic training was done at Fort Hood, Texas.  From there he traveled to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland for training for Fuel and Electrical Systems Repair.  After graduation he was transferred to Erlangen Military Base, Erlangen, Germany where he served from November 1960 to May 1964.  He was transported to Germany from new York on a troop transport ship and spent twelve days on board ship crossing the rough Atlantic Ocean.  Returning to New York in May 1963 it took only ten days.  At Fort Hamilton, New York, Jerry received his separation papers and Honorable Discharge and returned home to Clinton, reuniting with his family and friends after three years in the U.S. Army.

Jerry went to work at the Clinton Daily News, he operated the old Linotype machines with the hot lead moldings until newspapers changed to off-set printing.  He was the makeup and paste up foreman.  He also printed and made up advertising and news pages for daily printing of Clinton Daily News.

In 1973, he became a Volunteer Firefighter with Clinton Fire Department.  In 1975, he became a full-time firefighter rising to the rank of Assistant Fire Chief.  In 1990, he was transferred to Clinton Sherman Fire Department in Burns Flat and promoted to Fire Chief of that department.  After heart surgery he had to retire in 1997.

Jerry met his wife, Lynnell Rouse, while square dancing and Western Dancing and they were married on May 25, 2002.  They had 11 beautiful years together before Lynnell was taken from him in a vehicle accident in June 2013.  He doubled his family when he married his beautiful wife, Lynnell.  They both loved dancing and had many, many dance friends from Southwest Oklahoma and across the state.  They spent many hours working on her farm, spraying weeds, mending fence and working and caring for her cattle, along with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Lynnell loved to fish at the pond on her farm and spent all the time she could spare, taking her grandchildren fishing and on cookouts.  Jerry often went fishing with her and sometimes just sitting beside her enjoying their alone time together.

Jerry was preceded in death by his wife, Lynnell; his father and mother, John and Nellie Brehm, sisters, Ruby, Betty, Wanda and Mildred; brothers, Donald and John; and sisters-in-law, Lorenda, Ruth and Deane Brehm.  He is survived by daughter, Carrie Miller and husband, Curtis of Pottsboro, Texas; son, Rodney L. Brehm and wife, Chrystal of Yukon; step-daughters, Tammy Phillips of Weatherford, Tawnya Rouse of Alva; step-son, Todd Rouse of Vinita; grandchildren, Tatum Rouse, Gage, Raven, Ashton and Corbyn Miller, Hayden Brehm, Lacy Golden, Toby and April Phillips, Tegan and Greg Hayes and Tori and Tyler Rouse; grandchildren, Autumn and Raeli Phillips, Taven and Tucker Hayes and Charlie Golden; by his brother, J.P. Brehm and children Candice and Tammy of Oklahoma City; and Kay Brehm of Clinton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude's.