OBIT: Susan (Meyers) BERKLEY, native of Somerset County, PA

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Berkley, Susan

  Mrs. Susan Burkley, widow of Elder Carnelius Berkley, daughter of Samuel, 
Meyers, and Magdalena Meyers, born in Berlin, September 28th, 1827, March 5th, 
1848, she married Cornelius Burkley, soon after marriage they both united with 
the German Baptist Church, now the church of the Brethren, of which they were 
devoted members. Cornelius, her husband, died June 30th, 1888. She leaves a son, 
J. M. Berkley, of Washington, D. C., and daughter, Mrs. M. C. Horner, of 
Meyersdale, where she had her home for a number of years, and was a helpless 
invalid for eight years, during which time she was most lovingly cared for by 
her daughter and family and bore her sufferings very remarkably patiently. As 
the end came near she fully realized it, but the Christ whom she had served 
these many years was with her to the last, and on Sunday morning, November 2nd, 
1913, the summons came, and her natural sleep in Jesus, aged 86 years, 6 months 
and 5 days. She was the oldest of four sisters and three brothers, she leaves 
two sisters, Mrs. George Schrock, of Somerset and Sally Berkley, mother of E. M. 
Berkley, of Meyersdale, and two brothers, John S. Meyers, Berlin and William S. 
Meyers, Somerset, the grandchildren were five, of which one of Washington, D. 
C., preceded the grandmother to the great beyond, there are three great 
grandchildren. The funeral took place at the Church of the Brethren at 
Meyersdale, on Tuesday November 4th, followed by a large concourse of friends 
and was in charge of undertaker Clark, the sermon was preached by Evangelist D. 
K. Clapper, who just returned from near Hagerstown, Md., and was assisted by 
Eld. Joel Gnagey of Meyersdale.

[NOTE: Names spelled Carnelius and Cornelius, Berkley and Burkley]

Meyersdale Commercial, Nov. 6, 1913