Vernon Brinkman

Perryville, MO. -- VERNON "JACK" BRINKMAN, 80, OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, DIED FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2003, AT HIS HOME.

HE WAS BORN OCT. 8, 1922, IN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, SON OF PAUL AND BESS DEEVERS BRINKMAN. HE AND NORMA A. VOELKER WERE MARRIED SEPT. 17, 1943.

BRINKMAN WAS EMPLOYED BY GUYOT AND ERNST, WILSON'S FIVE AND DIME, MERCER THEATRE AND STAR VUE DRIVE-IN IN BREWER, MO., AND RETIRED FROM AUTO TIRE AND PARTS IN 1982.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, PERRYVILLE AMERICAN LEGION POST 133, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 1111, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND ELKS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MISSOURI CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, PRESIDENT OF THE PERRYVILLE WILDLIFE FEDERATION, PERRYVILLE CITY ALDERMAN, PERRYVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE PERRYVILLE FLEAS.

HE WAS AN AIR FORCE VETERAN WHO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND WORLD WAR II.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS, CRAIG BRINKMAN OF SIKESTON, MO., AND JOHN BRINKMAN OF JACKSON, MO.; A DAUGHTER, BRENDA CRAIN OF JACKSON; A BROTHER, GLEN BRINKMAN OF CAPE GIRARDEAU; SIX GRANDCHILDREN; AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS.

FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 10 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. TODAY AT YOUNG AND SONS CHAPEL IN PERRYVILLE. MASS WILL FOLLOW AT 2 P.M. AT ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE REV. KEVIN FAUSZ WILL OFFICIATE, WITH BURIAL IN MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.