Pamela Jane Brink

Pamela Jane Brink, born September 24, 1933 in Cebu City, Philippines, to Maude Elizabeth Rice and Myron Edgar Brink, died on August 5, 2025 in Prescott, Arizona.

She and her entire family survived three brutal years in the Los Banos Japanese concentration camp, located 25 miles south of Manila on the island of Luzon, Philippines, during WWII.

She attended junior high school, high school and college in Whitter, California, received her BS degree in nursing from Mount St. Mary’s College, Master’s degree from Catholic University of America, and her Ph.D in anthropology from Boston University. She spent most of her nursing career in academia at the University of Cincinnati, UCLA, University of Iowa and the University of Alberta.

She loved German Shepherd dogs.

Pamela was preceded in death by her brothers, John William Brink and Robert Arlington Brink, and her grandnephew Michael Alpizar. She is survived by nephew Robert Arlington Brink II, niece Jennifer Anne Alpizar (nee Brink) and grandnephew Robert Arlington Brink III.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donation to Mount St. Mary’s University, 10 Chester Place, Los Angeles, California, 90007.