With a heavy heart we acknowledge the passing of former Foundation trustee, volunteer, donor and friend S. Jervis Brinton, Jr., on July 1, 2011. A visionary leader of many organizations, including the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, he was 87.
Mr. Brinton was also founding partner of Brinton Easton Associates in Madison, former executive vice president of the Midlantic National Bank, and a founding director of Red Oak Bank.
“If I had given the eulogy, I would have compared him to Frank Sinatra, who was known by many as Mr. Chairman,” says longtime friend and colleague Bruce Bensley. “He was chairman of more organizations than most people join in their lifetime, which is a tribute to his ability, knowledge and understanding of what they stood for.”
Mr. Brinton was predeceased by his first wife of 52 years, Helen Baker Brinton, and survived by his devoted wife Antonia Marotta Brinton, his children, grandchildren and stepchildren.