BRINTON: Ode to a neighbor

This week you published Jim Brinton’s obituary. He and his family were our first neighbors when we moved to North Idaho in 1975. In our current unique viral bubble, the importance of being a good neighbor is magnified.

I wish to pay tribute to the Brinton family, my friends, as the best neighbors imaginable. Among so many good memories, there were multiple times when changing circumstances would lead to a phone call from me to Jim and Pat, asking whether one of their teenagers (usually Michelle, Deanna or Eric) would be willing to sleep at our home that night, so I wouldn’t have to take my small daughters with me when I was called out. Never was there the slightest hesitation to do so, on the part of parents or children.

The Brintons are my definition of what it means to be great neighbors. RIP Jim. NO more pain!

JIM CUTTING

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