San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Brooksher, Cloyce Linden March 1, 2006
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The Tracy Press
Cloyce Linden Brooksher

Oct. 15, 1932 — March 1, 2006

Cloyce Linden Brooksher, a retired Tracy chief of police and former trustee of 
the Tracy High School District, died March 1, 2006 at Somerford Place in 
Stockton after a long illness. He was 73.

A native of Elmore City, Okla., Mr. Brooksher came to the Tracy area in 1942 
with his family. He attended New Jerusalem School and graduated from Tracy 
High in 1950.

Mr. Brooksher, who worked as a farm laborer with his father while he attended 
school, served four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and saw 
combat duty in Korea.

As a furniture salesman and assistant manager at the Montgomery Ward store in 
1959, he joined the Tracy Police Reserves. He became a sworn officer a year 
later.

Mr. Brooksher was promoted to sergeant in 1964 and to lieutenant in 1972. As a 
sergeant, he was an undercover officer at the Altamont Rock Festival in 1969 
and headed the patrol division as a lieutenant. He was a member of the 
department’s championship pistol team.

It was at this time that Mr. Brooksher earned an Associate of Arts degree at 
San Joaquin Delta College. He also attended San Jose State University and 
University of California, Davis.

For eight months in 1974, Mr. Brooksher was a grant writer in City Hall, 
gaining federal development funds for the North Holly Drive area. In 1975, he 
was named chief of police by City Manager Mike Locke.

During his eight years as chief, Mr. Brooksher developed the first 
Neighborhood Watch program in the county and also the county’s first Operation 
Indentification anti-burglary program. He helped plan the new Tracy Police 
Facility in Tracy Civic Center (now the Parks and Recreation Department 
building), which opened in 1979.

Mr. Brooksher was proud of the declining crime rate and better department 
rapport with the community, said his wife, Jane Brooksher.

When he retired in 1983, he said, “If a man could have a career, this would be 
the one. Policemen are doing a lot of good for the people, and you can get a 
lot satisfaction from knowing that.”

After retiring from the police department, Mr. Brooksher was elected a trustee 
of the Tracy Joint Union High School District. He served seven years, 
including two years as board president.

On the high school board, he pushed for higher academic standards, the 
planning for new facilities, including construction of West High School, and 
for the unification of the Tracy High and Tracy Elementary school districts. 
Unification was approved by voters in 1996.

Mr. Brooksher had been a member of the Tracy Rotary Club, Tracy Kiwanis Club, 
Tracy Elks Lodge and James McDermott Post of American Legion. He served as 
Legion post commander in 1981.

On their small ranch west of Tracy, he and his wife cared for horses, steers, 
chickens, goats, quail and the family’s pet dogs and cats. He enjoyed 
gardening and carving waterfowl out of wood.

Mr. Brooksher is survived by his wife of 27 years, Jane Brooksher of Tracy; a 
son, Mark Brooksher of Dallas; three daughters, Barbara Keenan of Melbourne, 
Australia, and Patty Brooksher and Debbie Braman, both of Dallas; and two 
grandchildren, Mackenzie and Ainsley Keenan of Australia; two sisters, Jodie 
Owens of Murphys and Vera Waunice Cassell of Oklahoma; a brother, Donnie 
Brooksher of Angels Camp; and close friends Marie Moyer, Don McGeein and 
Herman Washington along with friends on Lammers Lane.

He was preceded in death by his son, Steve Brooksher.

At Mr. Brooksher’s request, no formal services will be conducted.

Contributions in Mr. Brooksher’s name may be sent to the Tracy Animal Shelter 
for the care of dogs and cats. Checks, payable to the Tracy Animal Shelter, 
can be mailed to Tamsen Bryon, 3832 Princeton Way, Livemore 94550.

Published on Wednesday, March 08, 2006, in the Tracy Press. 


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