OBIT: Mary Elizabeth (SHAW) BERKEY, 1987, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Patty Millich and proofread by Alice James Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BERKEY Mary Elizabeth (Shaw) Berkey, 75, Long Beach, Calif., formerly of Berlin, died Sept. 16, 1987, in Long Beach. She was the daughter of the late Dr. William B. and Harriet G. Shaw of Berlin. Also preceded in death by husband, Robert B., whom she married in 1933. He was the grandson of Joseph M. Berkey and nephew of Hilda G. Berkey, formerly of Pittsburgh and Berlin. Survived by daughter, Susan Berkey Whitaker, and two grandchildren, Kevin Robert and Anne Lorene Whitaker, all of Long Beach. She was a 1929 graduate of Berlin High School and attended nurses training at Memorial Hospital of Cumberland, Md. Moved to Long Beach in 1944. Past president of Long Beach Medical Assistants Association. Memorial service in Berlin will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, family suggests donations to the Grant Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, P. O. Box 15451, Long Beach, CA, 90815 Daily American, October 9, 1987 [B1302] BERKEY Mary Elizabeth (Shaw) Berkey, 75, of California, formerly of Berlin. Graveside Memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Berlin I.O.O.F. Cemetery with the Rev. Ralph Landis officiating. Arrangements by Deaner Funeral home, Berlin. Daily American, October 19, 1988 [1987] [B1303]