Dorothy Estelle Brinkman was born November 9, 1923, in De Soto, MO., a daughter to Sylvester Issac and Stella (nee Johnson) Ladd.. She passed away October 29, 2010, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center at the age of 86 years.
She is survived by a daughter, Barbara (Steve) Greene, Farmington, MO; two sons, Charles “Chuck” ( Nancy) Brinkman, and Richard Brinkman, both of De Soto;one brother Floyd “Pate” Ladd of De Soto and a sister, Mary Mitchell, also of De Soto; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Vernon “Red” Wilson and Edward “Spud” Brinkman, a son, Gary Wilson; two sisters, Sylvia Datillo and Margaret Moore; one brother, Thomas Ladd, and a granddaughter, Jill Wilson.
In lieu of flowers memorials to the St. Paul Lutheran School, 608 E. Columbia, Farmington, MO 63646.