Background
Brinker, Ruth Marie was born on May 1, 1922 in Hartford, South Dakota, United States.
Brinker, Ruth Marie was born on May 1, 1922 in Hartford, South Dakota, United States.
Assistant book buyer, Sears, Roebuck & Company, Chicago, 1945-1947; dog columnist, San Francisco Examiner, Chronicle, 1948-1960; antique shop owner, San Francisco, 1960-1973; manager, Meals On Wheels, San Francisco, 1973-1986; director, Trinity Homeless Food Program, San Francisco, 1980-1983; founder, executive director, Project Open Hand, San Francisco, 1985-1991; founder, executive director, Fresh Start, A Program to Establish Homeless on Farms, San Francisco, since 1992.
Daughter of Peter Rudolph and Marie Rose (Wenger) Appel. Widowed, June 1974; children: Lisa Flanagan, Sara Dorsey.