On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Lillian Katherine (Harrison) Berry of Greenfield, Indiana left this earth and stepped into heaven. She had just celebrated her 100th birthday with a large gathering of family and friends a little more than a week earlier.
She is survived by her children: Charles W. Berry (Margret Ann) of Plainfield and Diane Berry Cook of Greenfield, and her grandchildren: Brigette Cook Jones (Brandon) of Greenfield, Rhonda Cook of New Palestine, and Christa Cook Riggs (Ronnie) of Greenfield, and two brothers: David Harrison (Edell) of Indianapolis, and James Harrison (Barbara) of Florida. Lillian also has four great-grandchildren, three step-great-grandchildren, and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one child and seven siblings: Bertha (Harrison) White, Wilbur Harrison, Agnes Harrison, Freddie Harrison, Susie Harrison, Annie (Harrison) Dawson Dunaway, and Mabel (Harrison) Hancock.
Lillian was born to Charles A. and Mary Rose (Likens) Harrison of Henderson, Ky on January 13, 1915.
She was the second to the oldest of ten children. At the age of six, she moved to Indianapolis, IN where she lived most the rest of her life. She attended Washington H.S. and Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis.
She married Edward H. Berry on April 12, 1935, and they had 3 children with one child, Timothy, who died at birth.
Prior to marriage she worked as a weaver at the Indiana Bleaching Company. During World War II, she started working for the Eli Lilly and Company as a packer, and moved her way up to inspector and then into the lab as a technician at the McCarty Street facility. She worked at Lilly’s for close to 30 years, retiring in the 1970s.
Upon retirement, she took up her lifelong passion to paint. She took classes at the John Herron School of Art and then the Indianapolis Art League (now the Indianapolis Art Center). She became an accomplished artist in painting and drawing, specializing in portraits using oils. She won several prizes with her artwork in competitions, including Best of Show at an Indianapolis Art League Competition.
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She is survived by her children: Charles W. Berry (Margret Ann) of Plainfield and Diane Berry Cook of Greenfield, and her grandchildren: Brigette Cook Jones (Brandon) of Greenfield, Rhonda Cook of New Palestine, and Christa Cook Riggs (Ronnie) of Greenfield, and two brothers: David Harrison (Edell) of Indianapolis, and James Harrison (Barbara) of Florida. Lillian also has four great-grandchildren, three step-great-grandchildren, and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one child and seven siblings: Bertha (Harrison) White, Wilbur Harrison, Agnes Harrison, Freddie Harrison, Susie Harrison, Annie (Harrison) Dawson Dunaway, and Mabel (Harrison) Hancock.
Lillian was born to Charles A. and Mary Rose (Likens) Harrison of Henderson, Ky on January 13, 1915.
She was the second to the oldest of ten children. At the age of six, she moved to Indianapolis, IN where she lived most the rest of her life. She attended Washington H.S. and Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis.
She married Edward H. Berry on April 12, 1935, and they had 3 children with one child, Timothy, who died at birth.
Prior to marriage she worked as a weaver at the Indiana Bleaching Company. During World War II, she started working for the Eli Lilly and Company as a packer, and moved her way up to inspector and then into the lab as a technician at the McCarty Street facility. She worked at Lilly’s for close to 30 years, retiring in the 1970s.
Upon retirement, she took up her lifelong passion to paint. She took classes at the John Herron School of Art and then the Indianapolis Art League (now the Indianapolis Art Center). She became an accomplished artist in painting and drawing, specializing in portraits using oils. She won several prizes with her artwork in competitions, including Best of Show at an Indianapolis Art League Competition.
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On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Lillian Katherine (Harrison) Berry of Greenfield, Indiana left this earth and stepped into heaven. She had just celebrated her 100th birthday with a large gathering of family and friends a little more than a week earlier.
She is survived by her children: Charles W. Berry (Margret Ann) of Plainfield and Diane Berry Cook of Greenfield, and her grandchildren: Brigette Cook Jones (Brandon) of Greenfield, Rhonda Cook of New Palestine, and Christa Cook Riggs (Ronnie) of Greenfield, and two brothers: David Harrison (Edell) of Indianapolis, and James Harrison (Barbara) of Florida. Lillian also has four great-grandchildren, three step-great-grandchildren, and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one child and seven siblings: Bertha (Harrison) White, Wilbur Harrison, Agnes Harrison, Freddie Harrison, Susie Harrison, Annie (Harrison) Dawson Dunaway, and Mabel (Harrison) Hancock.
Lillian was born to Charles A. and Mary Rose (Likens) Harrison of Henderson, Ky on January 13, 1915.
She was the second to the oldest of ten children. At the age of six, she moved to Indianapolis, IN where she lived most the rest of her life. She attended Washington H.S. and Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis.
She married Edward H. Berry on April 12, 1935, and they had 3 children with one child, Timothy, who died at birth.
Prior to marriage she worked as a weaver at the Indiana Bleaching Company. During World War II, she started working for the Eli Lilly and Company as a packer, and moved her way up to inspector and then into the lab as a technician at the McCarty Street facility. She worked at Lilly’s for close to 30 years, retiring in the 1970s.
Upon retirement, she took up her lifelong passion to paint. She took classes at the John Herron School of Art and then the Indianapolis Art League (now the Indianapolis Art Center). She became an accomplished artist in painting and drawing, specializing in portraits using oils. She won several prizes with her artwork in competitions, including Best of Show at an Indianapolis Art League Competition.
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She is survived by her children: Charles W. Berry (Margret Ann) of Plainfield and Diane Berry Cook of Greenfield, and her grandchildren: Brigette Cook Jones (Brandon) of Greenfield, Rhonda Cook of New Palestine, and Christa Cook Riggs (Ronnie) of Greenfield, and two brothers: David Harrison (Edell) of Indianapolis, and James Harrison (Barbara) of Florida. Lillian also has four great-grandchildren, three step-great-grandchildren, and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one child and seven siblings: Bertha (Harrison) White, Wilbur Harrison, Agnes Harrison, Freddie Harrison, Susie Harrison, Annie (Harrison) Dawson Dunaway, and Mabel (Harrison) Hancock.
Lillian was born to Charles A. and Mary Rose (Likens) Harrison of Henderson, Ky on January 13, 1915.
She was the second to the oldest of ten children. At the age of six, she moved to Indianapolis, IN where she lived most the rest of her life. She attended Washington H.S. and Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis.
She married Edward H. Berry on April 12, 1935, and they had 3 children with one child, Timothy, who died at birth.
Prior to marriage she worked as a weaver at the Indiana Bleaching Company. During World War II, she started working for the Eli Lilly and Company as a packer, and moved her way up to inspector and then into the lab as a technician at the McCarty Street facility. She worked at Lilly’s for close to 30 years, retiring in the 1970s.
Upon retirement, she took up her lifelong passion to paint. She took classes at the John Herron School of Art and then the Indianapolis Art League (now the Indianapolis Art Center). She became an accomplished artist in painting and drawing, specializing in portraits using oils. She won several prizes with her artwork in competitions, including Best of Show at an Indianapolis Art League Competition.
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