Henry Brinkmeyer |
| Posted 2017-12-24 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, February 18, 1957, page 1, column 1 Henry Brinkmeyer, 62, Is Claimed By Death Henry Brinkmeyer, Jr., 62, for six years president of the Yavapai Savings Bank, died apparently from a heart attack Sunday noon at his Brinkmeyer hotel. He served as the Bank's vice president for another six years and had been a director since 1941. The hotel he managed was one of the city's oldest; destroyed during the 1900 fire, it was enlarged and rebuilt. He was the son of Henry and Ina Brinkmeyer, who built the large white home at W. Gurley and Park Avenue where his two sisters, Misses Marcella and Caroline Brinkmeyer still live. He lived with his wife, Mrs. Louis Brinkmeyer, at 222 Vista Dr. Brinkmeyer was educated in the Prescott public schools and was graduated from Prescott High School in 1912. He attended Stanford University, at Palo Alto, Calif. from 1912 to 1916 and received a batchelor of arts degree in civil engineering in 1916. After graduation he was employed by the Salt River Water Users' Association, Chino Valley Water Users' Association and the Arizona Highway Department. He was commissioned as lieutenant in the civil engineer corps of the United States Navy in 1917 and served in that capacity during World War I, until 1920 when he returned to Prescott and entered business with his father, operating the hotel and bakery. He served as an active member of the United States Naval Reserve, after resigning from the regular navy in 1920, until 1931, when he was placed on the honorary retired list of the U.S. Naval Reserve Civil Engineer Corps. The bakery business, established in 1883, was discontinued in 1942 but he still conducted the Hotel at 114 S. Montezuma St., in Prescott. He was married to Louise M. Lebach in 1930. Mr. Brinkmeyer has been active in Masonic work since 1920, when he became a member of Aztlan Lodge No. 1, F.&A.M. in Prescott; he served as master of the Blue Lodge, High Priest of Prescott Chapter R.A.M., and Commander of Ivanhoe Commandery. His hobbies are hunting and fishing. He organized the Prescott Fish & Game & Forest Protective Association in 1920 and served as its president for many years. H also attended the organization meeting of the Arizona Game Protective Association in Flagstaff, in 1921. He is a charter member of the famous Smoki People, organized in 1920 as successor to the 'Way Out West' celebration conducted a that time. Mr. Brinkmeyer was elected to the board of directors of the Yavapai Savings Bank in 1941; elected vice president in 1944 and president in 1950. Surviving are his wife, Louise, and sisters, Marcella and Carolyn Brinkmeyer; and an aunt, Mrs. Emily Brinkmeyer, all of Prescott. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ruffner chapel with the Rev. David C. Trimble officiating. Burial will be in the Mountain View cemetery. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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