Bertha May Root^{[1, 2]}

1884 - 1963  (78 years)

• Gender	Female
  Education	Completed The 8th Grade  [3]
  Religion	Member Of Methodist Church  [4]
  Cemetery	Oakwood Cemetery  [2]
  Death Notice	BERRY, Mrs. Bertha, 335 E. Allegan, Otsego Passed away Thursday morning at her home. Mrs. Berry was born December 28, 1884 in Frederick, Kansas, the daughter of Leroy and Jennie Root. She was a member of the Methodist Church and Victor Rebekah Lodge of Allegan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon, iin 1940, and a daughter, Beatrice, in 1949. Mrs. Berry is survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Waldo Nuepert of Otsego and Mrs. Floyd Davis of Kalamazoo; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Albert and Jack Root of Kansas. Friends may call at the Sponable Funeral Home where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., Rev. George Chaffee officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan.  [4]
  Residence(s)	1885-1900: Victoria twp., Rice Co., Kansas 1905: Union, Rice Co., Kansas 1912-1918: Kansas 1920-30: Trowbridge twp, Allegan Co., MI 1935-40: ME Church Rd, Trowbridge, Allegan Co., MI  [1, 3, 5, 6]
  Birth	28 December 1884	Little River, Rice Co., Kansas, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  Death	13 June 1963	Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, USA
  Burial	15 June 1963	Allegan Co., Michigan, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I306	Angus Saline's Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 January 2013

  
  

  Father	Leroy Root,   b. 21 August 1840, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA d. 7 July 1905, Little River, Rice Co., Kansas, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Jenny May Land,   b. 2 December 1859, Canton, Lewis Co., Missouri, USA d. 2 December 1920, Frederick, Rice Co., Kansas, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1879	Kansas, USA
  Family ID	F280	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Leon D. Berry,   b. 27 February 1884, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa, USA d. 6 October 1940, Trowbridge, Allegan Co., Michigan, USA (Age 56 years)
  Children	1. James Leroy Berry,   b. 6 January 1907, Little River, Rice Co., Kansas, USA d. 2 March 1977, Allegan, Allegan Co., Michigan, USA (Age 70 years)   2. Beatrice Berry,   b. 1908, Kansas, USA d. 1949 (Age 41 years) + 3. Ruth M. Berry,   b. about 1912, Kansas, USA   4. Doris Lee Berry,   b. about 1910, Kansas, USA   5. Vernon L. Berry,   b. about November 1917, Kansas, USA d. 1993 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F201	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2601] . [S2604] Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995. [S2603] . [S2644] . [S2609] . [S2602] .