(12 June 1918 - 27 December 1973) (his death) (2 children) Brink was the husband of author Carol Ryrie Brink, whom he had met during his first year in Idaho when both were teenagers. She was nearly six years his junior; they wed nine years later in 1918, following her graduation from college. Married for over 55 years at the time of his death, they had two children, David and Nora (Hunter). David (b. 1919) became an attorney and later headed the American Bar Association.