Post by CherieKropp on Dec 12, 2013 9:39:48 GMT -5
Born May 21, 1920 in Henderson, Texas - died Dec. 12, 2013 in Edmond, Oklahoma, age 93 years.
My father passed away early this morning very peacefully in his sleep and my brother was with him.
He had congestive heart failure.
The funeral will be at Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, Oklahoma.
matthewsfuneralhome.com/
His parents, Jack and Nora Berry had 6 children. Ray was their 5th child, and he survived all his siblings. They were Bradie Mae Alexander, Blanche Beaber, Maurine Berry, Rayford Berry and Fay Hill.
Raymond professed to serve the Lord when he was a young man and all his life, he fellowshipped with the Christian Convention Church which was also the faith of his parents and many of his siblings.
In July, 1946, Ray married Dorothy (Dot) Berry from Verona, Mississippi. They lived 2 years in Texas before moving to California, where their two children, Cherie and Galen were born. They moved to Mississippi in 1958 where they lived for 33 years, hosting the annual convention on their property for the Christian Convention church. Ray retired and in 1991, they moved to Edmond, Oklahoma to be near their children. Since his stroke 2-1/2 years ago, Raymond has lived in the Copper Lake Assisted Living facility in Edmond.
Ray worked as an upholsterer for 20 years before changing careers to Maintenance Foreman for Consolidated Packaging plant, in Clinton, Mississippi, where he retired. Being an engineer, he was very skilled with his hands, could repair most anything, and he enjoyed inventing items from the shop in his back yard.
He served in the Army from June, 1942 to Dec. 18, 1945, as a medical technician assigned to 20th Field Hospital unit during WW2. He saw action on two war fronts, the European Theater and the Battle of Attu, Alaska.
Ray is survived by his wife, Dot; and his two children, Galen Berry and Cherie (Berry) Kropp and her husband, Chester Ehrig; Nadine Berry, sister in law, and two grandchildren: Kelly Kropp and his wife Cici, and Julie Krista (Kropp) Crowell and her husband Dave; and four great-grandchildren: Keven, Sofia, Kyra Kropp and Megan Crowell. And 8 nieces and nephews.
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My father passed away early this morning very peacefully in his sleep and my brother was with him.
He had congestive heart failure.
The funeral will be at Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, Oklahoma.
matthewsfuneralhome.com/
OBITUARY
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Raymond Berry
D. Raymond (Ray) Berry was born May 21, 1920 in Henderson, Texas. On Thursday Dec 12, 2013, he peacefully left this world for his eternal home. Raymond Berry
His parents, Jack and Nora Berry had 6 children. Ray was their 5th child, and he survived all his siblings. They were Bradie Mae Alexander, Blanche Beaber, Maurine Berry, Rayford Berry and Fay Hill.
Raymond professed to serve the Lord when he was a young man and all his life, he fellowshipped with the Christian Convention Church which was also the faith of his parents and many of his siblings.
In July, 1946, Ray married Dorothy (Dot) Berry from Verona, Mississippi. They lived 2 years in Texas before moving to California, where their two children, Cherie and Galen were born. They moved to Mississippi in 1958 where they lived for 33 years, hosting the annual convention on their property for the Christian Convention church. Ray retired and in 1991, they moved to Edmond, Oklahoma to be near their children. Since his stroke 2-1/2 years ago, Raymond has lived in the Copper Lake Assisted Living facility in Edmond.
Ray worked as an upholsterer for 20 years before changing careers to Maintenance Foreman for Consolidated Packaging plant, in Clinton, Mississippi, where he retired. Being an engineer, he was very skilled with his hands, could repair most anything, and he enjoyed inventing items from the shop in his back yard.
He served in the Army from June, 1942 to Dec. 18, 1945, as a medical technician assigned to 20th Field Hospital unit during WW2. He saw action on two war fronts, the European Theater and the Battle of Attu, Alaska.
Ray is survived by his wife, Dot; and his two children, Galen Berry and Cherie (Berry) Kropp and her husband, Chester Ehrig; Nadine Berry, sister in law, and two grandchildren: Kelly Kropp and his wife Cici, and Julie Krista (Kropp) Crowell and her husband Dave; and four great-grandchildren: Keven, Sofia, Kyra Kropp and Megan Crowell. And 8 nieces and nephews.
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