Martha Brinton Mermier ’51

Martha Brinton Mermier ’51, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Nov. 14, of Parkinson’s disease. She tutored children and adults in reading while her own children were young, then returned to school to obtain a master’s degree in social work. She spent most of her career as a psychiatric social worker working with severely mentally ill patients at Ypsilanti Regional Psychiatric Hospital, retiring in 1989. In 1993 she published Coping with Severe Mental Illness; Families Speak Out. She enjoyed traveling all over the world and climbed Mont Blanc in Europe, hiked the 100-mile Tour de Mont Blanc, trekked in Nepal in her 60s, and hiked the Milford Track in New Zealand. She also enjoyed opera and attending performances at the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico, Michigan Opera Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. She is survived by two daughters, a son-in-law, two granddaughters, a brother, and nieces and nephews.