Bertie May Berry

Bertie May Berry, 97, went to be with the Lord August 7, 2004. She was born May 28, 1907, in Iola, Kan., to Major Frank and Etta Alley. A resident of Pueblo, Colorado, since 1929, Bertie was an active member of the Pueblo Seventh-Day Adventist Church as Cradle Roll teacher and head of the Dorcas Society. She was an LPN at St. Mary Corwin Hospital. Her hobbies were sewing, doll-making, baking and canning. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother. Bertie was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband, Clarence E. Berry; sisters, Frankie Morse and Marie Scott; and brother, Edgar Alley. She is survived by her stepmother, Anna Alley; half-brother, Earl (Pat) Alley; half-sisters, Martha Lou (Richard) Rowden, Wadene (Max) Fries and Anna Mae (Nick) Nickell; children, Virginia (Roy Murphy) Hayden, Edwin (Dorotha) Berry, Betty Sceville, Bonnie Berry, Gene (Leona) Berry, and Irene Burrier; grandchildren, Carla Stoffle, Edwin Berry, Dayna Ross, Norman Berry, Dennis Sceville, Delbert Hayden, Gene Berry Jr., Sharon Petrisak, Rick Berry, Donnie Sceville, Donna Chambers, Karin Hayden, Tanya Tobing, and Tammy DeLaRosa; 29 great-grandchildren, and numerous great-great grandchildren. Viewing at the funeral home today from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 11, at Pueblo Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 3910 O'Neal, with the Reverend Dr. Rade Milosavljevic officiating. In lieu of flowers or food, memorials may be made to the Dorcas Society at the above address. The family thanks the staffs of the Pueblo Life Care Center and St. Mary Corwin Hospital for their loving care of Bertie. Online condolences, www.montgomerysteward.com