Richland County Supervisor Passes

A sitting Richland County Supervisor has died. Marty Brewer, 77 of Richland Center, died Thursday, January 16, at Meriter Hospital in Madison from complications due to his battle with lung cancer.

Marty Kelly Brewer was born on Buck Creek, in Richland County and spent his youth working the farm. He was a star student at Richland Center High School, and even attended Badger Boys State. After graduating from UW-Platteville with a degree in political science, he moved to the Madison area and worked for American Family Insurance as a health underwriter.

Once he retired after 30 years at American Family and as the director of health underwriting, he and Connie moved back to Buck Creek where he pursued his lifelong dream of starting his own business. He began Buck Creek Tractor Company, where he bought, restored, and resold the antique Allis Chalmers tractors he had loved as a boy. He also spent 23 years driving a school bus and teaching hundreds of students Driver’s Ed .

Although his career was insurance, his political science degree didn’t go to waste. Always involved in local politics and community service, from his days as a McFarland Jaycee and village board member, to his later years as a Richland County board member and chair of the Richland County Board of Supervisors.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, February 1, from 1:00 to 3:30 at the Pratt Community Hall in Richland Center.