Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Berry, George F. May 1964 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net March 15, 2007, 4:40 pm The El Dorado Times, May 18, 1964 The El Dorado Times May 18, 1964 GEORGE BERRY, JR. DIES IN FLORIDA George F. Berry, Jr., retired Cities Service Oil company geologist and a long time resident of El Dorado, died Sunday at St. Petersburg, Fla., following a lengthy illness. Mr. Berry who lived at 141 North Emporia was 65 years old. Funeral services will be announced by the Dietz-Pittman Funeral Home. Mr. Berry's body will arrive in El Dorado Thursday. For 33 years, Mr. Berry served as a geologist for Cities Service prior to his retirement in 1961. He came to El Dorado from Hays in 1929. He had previously lived in Oklahoma for many years. During World War I, he served with the United States Marine Fifth Regiment in France. He was a member of the First Methodist Church. Other memberships included the El Dorado Rotary Club, Capt. Edgar Dale Post No. 81 of the American Legion, Fred Priestly Post No. 1174 veterans of Foreign Wars, World War I Barracks, Doherty Men's Fraternity and the El Dorado County Club. He was a past commander of the local VFW. Mr. Berry was born June 19, 1898 at Dalsy, Tenn. He and Nancy Clark were married April 20, 1923 at Roila, Mo. Survivors include the wife of the home, two sons, James W. Aurora, Colo., and George F. Berry, Ill., of Bartlesville, Okla., two daughters, Miss Nancy Jane Berry, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Anne Maloney, Greendale, Wisc., one brother, Hiram, Detroit, Mich.; three sisters, Miss Eleanor Berry, Miami, Fla., Mrs. Margaret Bowen and Mrs. Alice Loflin both of Tampa Fla., and 10 grandchildren. The El Dorado Times May 19, 1964 BERRY RITES FRIDAY Funeral services for George F. Berry, Jr. 65, of 141 North Emporia, who died Sunday at St. Petersburg, Fla., will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in the Dietz- Pittman Colonial Chapel. Dr. Joe Riley Burns, pastor of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be made in Sunset Lawns cemetery. The El Dorado Times May 20, 1964 GEORGE F. BERRY, JR. All El Dorado will miss the cheerful presence of George F. Berry, Jr., who died Sunday at St. Petersburg, Fla., after a lengthy illness. Mr. Berry came to El Dorado in 1929 as a geologist for the Cities Service Oil company and had made his home in this community ever since. He was a high grade technical geologist, studious and well versed in his lore, and had served the company competently in that capacity for 33 years. He was a man of the utmost friendliness , cordial and obliging in all his ways.During his residence in this town, he held membership in many groups where his willingness to help in any endeavor marked and endeared him to his associates. He retired in 1961, and had formed plans to devote his time to valuable undertakings, but illness cancelled these aspirations. Many believed that Mr. Berry, because of his experience in this area and his wide acquaintance with developments, was the man to write an adequate history of the oil fields of Butler, and adjoining counties. He was enthusiastic about this undertaking and had already begun to assemble some of his material. No book of this nature containing the accurate record of oil field history in this area has even been compiled. It may be written, as the 50th anniversary of the discovery of oil in this region will occur next year but not by the proficient hand of George Berry. This reflection increases the heavy loss occasioned by his death. George Berry was born in Tennessee, and spent some of his years in Missouri and Oklahoma. While he died in Florida, his body will be returned for proper memorial services and burial in Kansas land - which he loved and served with loyal devotion. This man stood among the finest of the oil field clan, which have graced this section with their presence in the past half-century. His loss at this time tends to subdue the ruling splendor of the witching month of May. The El Dorado Times May 23, 1964 Final rites for George F. Berry, Jr., 65, who died Sunday at St. Petersburg, Fla., were held Friday afternoon at the Dietz-Pittman Colonial Chapel. Dr. Joe Riley Burns, pastor of the First Methodist Church was the officiant. Mrs. Clarren Butterworth at the organ played a medley of sacred selections. Honorary casket bearers were Tom Mattox, Russell Wolfe, Walter S. Clark, H. E. Cameron, Charles A. Neighbors and Ralph Cochran. Serving as active bearers were Sam Matthews, Glen Carmack, P.F. Hartnett, Sam Roberson, Frank Straight and J. B. McKay, Jr. Employees of Cities Service Oil Co., and J. C. Hoyt and Company and members of the Rotary Club Business and Professional Women's Club and World War I Barracks attended services in a group. Interment was made in Sunset Lawns Cemetery. The El Dorado Times June 2, 1964 BERRY NAME ADDED TO MEMORIAL TABLET Tribute was paid to the memory of George F. Berry, Jr., and his name plaque added to the memorial table at the regular meeting of the Elks Lodge Monday evening. Exalted Ruler Billly Needham announced that the local lodge will join in observance of flag Day with the Winfield Lodge. The program will be represented at Southwestern College in Winfield beginning at 7:30 on the evening of Friday, June 12. Attendance prizes were awarded to C. W. Allen and L. W. Armstrong This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 5.9 Kb