BRINKMAN, James

BRINKMAN, BRUMMER, KOHLER, EBERT

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/12/2006 at 13:56:00

James Brinkman

AURELIA, Iowa -- James "Jim" Brinkman, 58, of Aurelia died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006, at Sioux Valley Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, Iowa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with the Rev. Harold Werley officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

James Edward Brinkman was born April 7, 1947, the son of Richard and Evelyn Mae (Brummer) Brinkman, in Sheldon, Iowa. He attended school in Aurelia and graduated from Aurelia High School in 1965.

On June 7, 1975, he married Mary Lilane Kohler at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia. He farmed the home farm as long as his health allowed.

He enjoyed working dogs, planting trees, fishing, the Iowa Hawkeyes, antiques, listening to the radio, visiting with family and friends on the phone and going out to eat. He was a member of First Untied Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mary of Aurelia; a sister and her husband, Jane and Greg Ebert of Williamsville, N.Y.; a half brother and his wife, Richard and Mary Brinkman of Dakota Dunes, S.D.; his mother-in-law, Eileen Kohler of Ames, Iowa; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Henry and Anne Kohler of Ames, Iowa, Susan Kohler of Ames, Keith and Peggy Kohler of Ames, Curt Kohler of Le Mars, Iowa, and Eric and Kim Kohler of Wamego, Kan.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his father-in-law, Herb Kohler.

A memorial fund has been established.