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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., May 18, 1951, page 3

CLARA DEAN BERRY

     Clara Dean Berry, born October 19, 1882, in Oscalossa, Kansas. Parents were Mathew Jackson Phillips and Dora Belle Eubanks Phillips. They were homesteaders in Klickitat County and she attended school at White Pine.
     She married Lee Shurtz in October 1897 in Goldendale, Wash. To them three children were born, two of which have preceded her in death leaving one son, Raymond C. Shurtz of Klickitat. Mr. Lee Shurtz passed away in February 1917.          
      She married John Berry in November 1917. To them a daughter was born, who also preceded her in death.
     She was a member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge of Klickitat. At the time of her death she was attending and taking an active part in the convention in Longview, Washington. She became ill and was taken to the St. Johns hospital in Longview May 3, 1951, where she passed away.
     Mrs. Berry was a member of the Methodist Church of Appleton, Washington.
     She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, John Berry; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shurtz of Klickitat; two sisters, Mrs. F.E. Oneal of Vancouver, Wash; and Mrs. A. Broome, Sacremento, Calif; three granddaughters -- Mrs. Jack Meads of Klickitat, Mrs. John R. Roberts of San Fransisco, Calif; and Mrs. Al Henry of White Salmon; four great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
     Funeral services were conducted May 7, 1951, at 2 p.m. from Phillips Funeral Home in Goldendale. Interment was in the Appleton cemetery.


The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 18, 1951, page 5

OBITUARY -- CLARA DEAN BERRY

     Clara Dean Berry, born October 19, 1882, in Oscalossa, Kansas. Parents were Mathew Jackson Phillips and Dora Belle Eubanks Phillips. They were homesteaders in Klickitat County and she attended school at White Pine.
     She married Lee Shurtz in October 1897 in Goldendale, Wash. To them three children were born, two of which have preceded her in death leaving one son, Raymond C. Shurtz of Klickitat. Mr. Lee Shurtz passed away in February 1917.    
     She married John Berry in November 1917. To them a daughter was born, who also preceded her in death. She was a member of the Royal Neighbor Lodge of Klickitat. At the time of her death she was attending and taking an active part in the convention in Longview, Washington. She became ill and was taken to the St. Johns hospital in Longview May 3, 1951, where she passed away. Mrs. Berry was a member of the Methodist Church of Appleton, Washington. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, John Berry; a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shurtz of Klickitat; two sisters, Mrs. F.E. Oneal of Vancouver, Wash; and Mrs. A. Broome, Sacremento, Calif; three granddaughters -- Mrs. Jack Meads of Klickitat, Mrs. John R. Roberts of San Fransisco, Calif; and Mrs. Al Henry of White Salmon; four great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
     Funeral services were conducted May 7, 1951, at 2 p.m. from Phillips Funeral Home in Goldendale. Interment was in the Appleton cemetery.


The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 11, 1951, page 7

COURT OF HONOR HELD AT KLICKITAT

     We were saddened by the passing away of Mrs. John Berry. She was attending the annual district of American at Longview, Wash., where she took ill passing away at the St. John's Hospital at Longview Thursday May 3rd. Funeral services were held in Goldendale Monday May 7th from Phillip Funeral Home with Royal Neighbors rites. Interment at Appleton cemetery.

 

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