Marcella Esther Brinkmeyer |
| Posted 2017-12-23 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, February 11, 1963, page 1, column 6 Miss Marcella Brinkmeyer Dies In Local Hospital Sat. Miss Marcella E. Brinkmeyer, daughter of a pioneer Prescott family, died Saturday morning at the Prescott Community Hospital. Born July 3, 1897, in Prescott, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brinkmeyer, owners of the Brinkmeyer Hotel, Bakery and Restaurant, located in the 100 block of North Montezuma. After attending Prescott schools Miss Brinkmeyer attended the University of California at Berkley, Calif., where she graduated with honors in 1918. Upon graduation from the university she enlisted in the Cadet Nurses Corp. but the armistice was signed before she was called to duty. She then returned to the University of California for one year to earn her teachers certificate. Miss Brinkmeyer taught elementary school in Clarkdale, and severed as a substitute high school teacher in that town until she move to Phoenix, where she taught at the Creighton School. After one year in Phoenix she then moved to Prescott where she taught at the Junior High School, she then moved to Prescott Senior High School and there until she retired in 1938. Miss Brinkmeyer was a member of Golden Rule Chapter No. I, Order of Eastern Star, and Della Zeta social society. She is survived by a sister, Miss Caroline Brinkmeyer of Prescott; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Louise Brinkmeyer of Prescott; and two cousins, Herman Brinkmeyer of Los Vegas, Nev., and Paul A. Plummer of Phoenix. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Ruffner Funeral Home. Rev. Joseph McShane of the Methodist Church and members of Golden Rule Chapter No. 1, OES, will officiate. Private entombment will follow at the Mountain View Mausoleum. The family prefers that memorials be sent to the Special Gifts Committee, Yavapai Community Hospital, P.O. Box 61, Prescott. |
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