OBIT: Dorsey F. "Mike" BERKEY, 2006, Confluence, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- BERKEY, Dorsey F. (Mike) 04/10/06 Daily American Dorsey F. "Mike" Berkey, 82, Confluence, died April 8, 2006, at the home of his daughter, in Morgantown, W.Va. Born Feb. 16, 1924, in Confluence, a son of the late Lemon and Violet (Snyder) Berkey. Also preceded in death by a brother, Charles. He is survived by his wife, Marie (Wild) Berkey; daughter Kathleen Artice and her husband, Clark, Morgantown; grandsons, Michael and Christopher Artice; one great-grandson, three step great-grandsons, and one step great-granddaughter; sisters, Bertha Holt and Sara Zerfoss, both of Somerset; Isabelle "Patty" Gowarty, Kingwood W.Va. and a brother, Paul Berkey, Berlin. Mr. Berkey was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. A member of Confluence VFW Post 7250 and First Fruits Ministries, Confluence. He retired from Joy Manufacturing Company of Solon, Ohio. Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Humbert Funeral Home in Confluence, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Timothy Gosnell officiating. Interment, Ursina Cemetery.