On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, L. John Brinkerhoff, Ph.D. of Ontario passed from this world at the age of 78. His parents were the late George B. and Betty R. (Williams) Brinkerhoff.
In 2009, after more than thirty-five years of socio-psychotherapeutic practice, with doctorates in clinical psychology and sociology, he retired, devoting himself, since, to Conversations, conversing informally, gratis, with others. John was Board Certified in Clinical Psychology (retired) by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and a Fellow (Emeritus) of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. A member for eighteen years of American Mensa, he once was its Supervisory Psychologist.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream
~Ernest Dowson, Poetical Works, 1934
“For grace bestowed, I am grateful.”
John did not request a marking of his life.
Wappner Funeral Directors and Crematory-Ontario is honored to commemorate his life.
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