Gertrude "Gert" E. (nee: Kleinfeld) BERKEY age 79 of Hambden Twp passed away May 18, 2013 at Briar Hill Care Center in Middlefield.
Born March 4, 1934 in Cleveland to Herman and Margaret (nee:Kellip) Kleinfeld, she had been a longtime area resident. Gert worked at Conley's Dept. Store in Hambden Twp as the office manager; she then went to work at the Yum Yum Tree in Chardon as the Assistant Manager before retiring to spend more time with her family. She enjoyed staying in-touch with all her former co-workers and friends she met along the way; meeting for lunch once a month. Gert greatly enjoyed her day out with the "girls". She loved family functions, especially Sunday dinners, picnics, holidays, shopping and vacations at the beach in Florida and North Carolina.
Gert is survived by her daughters Jean (Thomas) Thompson of Thompson and Joan (Keith) Herron of Middlefield; son James (Kim) of Hartsgrove; grandchildren Jennifer (Ty) Pilarczyk, Alicia (Louis DuPlago) Herron, Kyle, Logan and Mason Berkey; great-grandchildren Emily Harmon, Tyler and Taelyn Berkey; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Eugene Berkey and 5 brothers.
FUNERALSVC: 11am Wednesday May 22, 2013 at the Burr Funeral Home, 116 South ST. (On Rt. 44, 500' south of Rt. 6/Chardon Square) Chardon, OH. Private Family Burial will follow. VISITATION: 9-11am on Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Pl Memphis, TN 38105 www.fundraising.stjude.org or Alzheimer's Association Cleveland Area Chapter 23215 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 300, Beachwood, OH 44122 www.alz.org.
Born March 4, 1934 in Cleveland to Herman and Margaret (nee:Kellip) Kleinfeld, she had been a longtime area resident. Gert worked at Conley's Dept. Store in Hambden Twp as the office manager; she then went to work at the Yum Yum Tree in Chardon as the Assistant Manager before retiring to spend more time with her family. She enjoyed staying in-touch with all her former co-workers and friends she met along the way; meeting for lunch once a month. Gert greatly enjoyed her day out with the "girls". She loved family functions, especially Sunday dinners, picnics, holidays, shopping and vacations at the beach in Florida and North Carolina.
Gert is survived by her daughters Jean (Thomas) Thompson of Thompson and Joan (Keith) Herron of Middlefield; son James (Kim) of Hartsgrove; grandchildren Jennifer (Ty) Pilarczyk, Alicia (Louis DuPlago) Herron, Kyle, Logan and Mason Berkey; great-grandchildren Emily Harmon, Tyler and Taelyn Berkey; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Eugene Berkey and 5 brothers.
FUNERALSVC: 11am Wednesday May 22, 2013 at the Burr Funeral Home, 116 South ST. (On Rt. 44, 500' south of Rt. 6/Chardon Square) Chardon, OH. Private Family Burial will follow. VISITATION: 9-11am on Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Pl Memphis, TN 38105 www.fundraising.stjude.org or Alzheimer's Association Cleveland Area Chapter 23215 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 300, Beachwood, OH 44122 www.alz.org.
Gertrude "Gert" E. (nee: Kleinfeld) BERKEY age 79 of Hambden Twp passed away May 18, 2013 at Briar Hill Care Center in Middlefield.
Born March 4, 1934 in Cleveland to Herman and Margaret (nee:Kellip) Kleinfeld, she had been a longtime area resident. Gert worked at Conley's Dept. Store in Hambden Twp as the office manager; she then went to work at the Yum Yum Tree in Chardon as the Assistant Manager before retiring to spend more time with her family. She enjoyed staying in-touch with all her former co-workers and friends she met along the way; meeting for lunch once a month. Gert greatly enjoyed her day out with the "girls". She loved family functions, especially Sunday dinners, picnics, holidays, shopping and vacations at the beach in Florida and North Carolina.
Gert is survived by her daughters Jean (Thomas) Thompson of Thompson and Joan (Keith) Herron of Middlefield; son James (Kim) of Hartsgrove; grandchildren Jennifer (Ty) Pilarczyk, Alicia (Louis DuPlago) Herron, Kyle, Logan and Mason Berkey; great-grandchildren Emily Harmon, Tyler and Taelyn Berkey; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Eugene Berkey and 5 brothers.
FUNERALSVC: 11am Wednesday May 22, 2013 at the Burr Funeral Home, 116 South ST. (On Rt. 44, 500' south of Rt. 6/Chardon Square) Chardon, OH. Private Family Burial will follow. VISITATION: 9-11am on Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Pl Memphis, TN 38105 www.fundraising.stjude.org or Alzheimer's Association Cleveland Area Chapter 23215 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 300, Beachwood, OH 44122 www.alz.org.
Born March 4, 1934 in Cleveland to Herman and Margaret (nee:Kellip) Kleinfeld, she had been a longtime area resident. Gert worked at Conley's Dept. Store in Hambden Twp as the office manager; she then went to work at the Yum Yum Tree in Chardon as the Assistant Manager before retiring to spend more time with her family. She enjoyed staying in-touch with all her former co-workers and friends she met along the way; meeting for lunch once a month. Gert greatly enjoyed her day out with the "girls". She loved family functions, especially Sunday dinners, picnics, holidays, shopping and vacations at the beach in Florida and North Carolina.
Gert is survived by her daughters Jean (Thomas) Thompson of Thompson and Joan (Keith) Herron of Middlefield; son James (Kim) of Hartsgrove; grandchildren Jennifer (Ty) Pilarczyk, Alicia (Louis DuPlago) Herron, Kyle, Logan and Mason Berkey; great-grandchildren Emily Harmon, Tyler and Taelyn Berkey; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Eugene Berkey and 5 brothers.
FUNERALSVC: 11am Wednesday May 22, 2013 at the Burr Funeral Home, 116 South ST. (On Rt. 44, 500' south of Rt. 6/Chardon Square) Chardon, OH. Private Family Burial will follow. VISITATION: 9-11am on Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations suggested to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Pl Memphis, TN 38105 www.fundraising.stjude.org or Alzheimer's Association Cleveland Area Chapter 23215 Commerce Park Drive, Suite 300, Beachwood, OH 44122 www.alz.org.
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