| Mrs. Mary Brinkman
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Brinkman, 86, of Early, mother
of Tom and Leo Brinkman of Carroll, were held at 9:30 Thursday morning
at Sacred Heart Church in Early. The Rev. Robert O'Reilly officiated at
the requiem high mass.
Burial was in the parish cemetery there. Pallbearers were Ray
Naberhaus, Bill Dick, Francis Gard, Bill Faber, Henry Dahm and Joe Hunstock.
Acolytes were Michael Mason and David Brinkman, grandsons of Mrs.
Brinkman, and Roy Wiseman, Billy Merten and James Smith.
Mrs. Brinkman died Oct. 25 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Hurley, at Mason City. She had been in poor health for some time and had
been cared for in the Hurley home the past year.
Mary Ellen Brinkman was born in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 9, 1868. When a
child, she moved to Charlotte, Iowa, where she received her education.
She taught school for several years in Clinton County, Iowa, and Nebraska.
On Feb. 17, 1890, she was married to Jacob Brinkman of Charlotte.
Two years later, they moved to Sac County and settled on a farm one and
one-fourth miles southeast of Early, where they lived until 1933, when
they retired and moved to Early. Mr. Brinkman died Oct, 22, 1936.
Survivors include three sons: Tom and Leo, Carroll, and Edmund,
Early: three daughters, Mrs. Paul (Kathryn) Hurley and Mrs. M. L.
(Genevieve) Mason, Mason City, and Mrs. Helena Fuller, Early; 15
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were Leo
Slattery, Ed Slattery, Ed Slattery Jr. and William Hurley, Chicago,
Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Brinkman and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brinkman,
Estherville; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fuller, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Hurley and J. L. Hurley, Mason City; Mrs. W. E. Lary, Mrs. Roger Torpey,
John Powers of Delmar, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Matt Assenmacher, Clinton;
Mrs. Anna Scothorn and Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Scothorn, Cherokee; Mrs. W. E.
Boyce, Storm Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Anslem Naberhaus, Schaller; Mrs.
Clarence Clark and Mrs. Jerome Bruening, Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Stangl, Mt. Carmel; Jean Marie Mason, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Hulsing, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Otto, Mrs. Melvin J. Simon, Marilyn
Gute, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Schleisman, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brinkman, Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Brinkman and family, Theresa Determan. And Joseph J. Wolfe, Carroll.
(Carroll Daily Times Herald, Iowa, Saturday, October 30 1954, p. 7) |
