MOON, Ruth Louise

1918 - 2009  (91 years)

• Name	MOON, Ruth Louise
  Birth	31 May 1918	Lake Ariel, Wayne County, PA
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Sep 2009	Brockport, Monroe County, NY
  Person ID	I87951	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	MOON, George D
  Mother	BROWN, Katie Eveline
  Family ID	F29352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BRINKMAN, Arthur H,   b. 9 Dec 1909, PA d. 24 Dec 1992, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1936
  Children	1. BRINKMAN, Arthur H   2. BRINKMAN, Eva L   3. BRINKMAN, George Dudley
  Family ID	F29351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  RUTH LOUISE BRINKMAN Loving Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Great-Great-Grandmother Ruth Louise Brinkman of Niagara Falls passed away peacefully Monday, September 28, 2009 at Lakeside Beikirch Care Center, Brockport, NY. She was born in Lake Ariel, PA on March 31, 1918 to the late George D. and Katie Eveline (Brown) Moon. She married Arthur H. Brinkman on May 16, 1936 and they moved to Niagara Falls in 1937. Arthur predeceased Ruth in 1992. Ruth was a homemaker and worked as a farm worker supervisor with her longtime neighbor and friend, Connie Pastore, at the Diller Raby Farm in Lewiston, NY. She enjoyed reading, bowling, hunting, fishing and traveling with family and friends. She liked to bake cookies and pies and make jam and jelly to give to her friends and family at holidays and special occasions. She was known as "Gram" at Ponderosa and at Niagara Wheatfield Credit Union. Ruth is survived by her children, Arthur (Dorothy) Brinkman, Jr. of The Woodlands, TX, George (Phil Kurr) Brinkman of Brockport, NY and Eva (Frank) Balys of Niagara Falls, NY; eight grandchildren, Frank (Cathy) Balys, Jr., Debra (Jim) Pfohl, Daniel (Ed Jelinek) Joseph Balys, Dorette (Chad) Crawford, Valina (David) Bartkowiak, Arthur Josie) Brinkman III, and Katrina L. Jordan; fourteen great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy (late Max) Alt and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by brothers, Eben Moon, Oliver Dudley Moon; and sisters Imogene Knight, La Villa Frisbie and Eva Fueglein. Friends may call Thursday from 5:00 - 8:00 PM in the LANE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 8622 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY. Private services and burial will be held at the convenience of the family in Niagara Falls Memorial Park Cemetery, Town of Lewiston. The family requests memorials may be made to Lakeside Health Systems Foundation, Lakeside Beikirch Care Center, 156 West Avenue, Brockport, NY 14420. The family would like to thank the staff at Lakeside Beikirch Care Center in Brockport for the wonderful care and love they gave Ruth during her stay there.