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|name=Armand Joseph Brinkhaus, Sr.
|name=Armand Joseph Brinkhaus, Sr.
|image=Armand Brinkhaus of LA.gif
|image=Armand Brinkhaus of LA.gif
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for St. Landry Parish)
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for St. Landry Parish)
|term_start=1968
|term_start=1968
|death_date=February 12, 2017 (aged 81)
|death_date=February 12, 2017 (aged 81)
|death_place=Brief illness
|death_place=Brief illness
|resting_place=St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau, Louisiana
|resting_place=St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau
|residence=Sunset, Louisiana
|residence=Sunset, Louisiana
|spouse=Margaret Bellemin Brinkhaus
|spouse=Margaret Bellemin Brinkhaus
|children=Seven children
|children=Michelle Prudhomme<br>
Armand Brinkhaus, Jr.
Celeste Hebert<br>
Julia Landry
Andre Brinkhaus<br>
Renee Brinkhaus<br>
Thirteen grandchildren
|relations=[[Roderick Miller]] (brother in-law)
|relations=[[Roderick Miller]] (brother in-law)
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Brinkhaus and his wife, the former Margaret Bellemin, have seven children. Margaret Brinkhaus is a native of Grand Coteau, another small town in St. Landry Parish. Like her husband, she graduated from nearby Sunset High School and subsequently received a degree from Maryville College in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. In recent years, she has operated a bed and breakfast in a restored railroad complex and has been involved in the canning of jellies, jams, and relishes as well as numerous arts and crafts. The Brinkhauses attended St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianacrafts.org/artistdirectory/margaret-brinkhaus|title=Margaret Brinkhaus biography|publisher=louisianacrafts.org|accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Brinkhaus was a brother-in law of the late Republican state Representative [[Roderick Miller]], who was married to Brinkaus' sister, Anna Jane Gaiennie Miller.
Brinkhaus and his wife, the former Margaret Bellemin, have seven children. Margaret Brinkhaus is a native of Grand Coteau, another small town in St. Landry Parish. Like her husband, she graduated from nearby Sunset High School and subsequently received a degree from Maryville College in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. In recent years, she has operated a bed and breakfast in a restored railroad complex and has been involved in the canning of jellies, jams, and relishes as well as numerous arts and crafts. The Brinkhauses attended St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianacrafts.org/artistdirectory/margaret-brinkhaus|title=Margaret Brinkhaus biography|publisher=louisianacrafts.org|accessdate=May 23, 2014}}</ref> Brinkhaus was a brother-in law of the late Republican state Representative [[Roderick Miller]], who was married to Brinkaus' sister, Anna Jane Gaiennie Miller.
Brinkhaus also managed to till two family farms and to play the [[piano]], [[saxophone]], and [[clarinet]].<ref name=lanewsbureau/>
Brinkhaus also managed to till two family farms and to play the [[piano]], [[saxophone]], and [[clarinet]].
==Political career==
==Political career==