Erica Moor Brinton was born into the Newtown (PA) Friends Meeting on October 14 ^th , 1948, the last of four children. She graduated from George School ('66), a private Quaker college-preparatory school where her father taught. A few years later, she earned a B.S. in nursing at Russell Sage College.

Erica's ties to Vermont had been established early: Her parents had since 1940 owned an old mountainside farmhouse near Ludlow. As an adult Erica returned there often for rest and reminiscence with her parents.

Erica's longest-term employer was the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, NH. She bought a house in nearby Norwich, VT, where she lived for the rest of her life. She was a longterm member of the Hanover Friends Meeting. At work, she gravitated to the orthopedic department.  When the Hospital became the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, Erica moved with it. She retired from DHMC after 2010 but continued some part-time jobs.

Around home, Erica would bring her apple cider press to an apple harvest. She baked her own bread and would grind her own flour for that purpose. She was an enthusiastic member of a Morris Dance group, and learned African songs when in South Africa. Erica's interest in travel took her to South Africa, to Peru, to Cuba, to Prague, and to the British Isles.

Long-term health problems were present throughout Erica's life, and they intensified in her last year. Even after hospitalization an exact diagnosis was elusive. She died on Thursday, January 27, 2022, in her own home, following her wishes. She is survived by her three siblings—Keith Brinton of Davis, California, Anne Hetherington Brinton of Ithaca, New York, and Daniel Fisher Brinton of Ludlow, Vermont.