OBIT: Gertrude B. (ALLEN) BERKEY, 1990, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BERKEY Gertrude B. Berkey, 93, of Rockwood, died April 21, 1990, in Berlin. Born Feb. 12, 1897, in Forty-Fort, Pa., a daughter of the late James and Alice (Scott) Allen. She is survived by one son, Newell Berkey of Rochester, N.Y.; two sisters, Alice Ashman of Rockwood and Mrs. Walter (Dorothy) Gardner, also of Rockwood; two granddaughters and one great-grandson and one great-granddaughter. Preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rev. Hillis G. Berkey, in January 1968, and also four brothers. A life-long member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Rockwood, and also of the Women's Class LCW, and the Rockwood Senior Citizens. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the William J. Wood Funeral Home, Rockwood, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Rev. Susan Winger officiating. Interment, Rockwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Wood Funeral Home, Rockwood, with Francis Brady Supervising. Daily American, April, 23, 1990 [B1279]