He married Elizabeth Fettig June 21st, 1916 in Cass County, Indiana.

He was also the father of Donald E, and an Infant.

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A well-known Cass County couple was fatally injured in a car-truck crash at W. Roselawn Ave. and U.S. 24 shortly after 2 p.m. Monday. Killed instantly was the driver of the car. Mrs. Elizabeth Berkshire, 69, of Rt. 6. Her husband, Claude G. Berkshire, 76, died three hours later at Memorial Hospital of a fractured skull and a punctured lung. Two witnesses said Mrs. Berkshire, going south on W. Rosciawn Drive, pulled out onto U.S. 24 in front of a westbound semitrailer driven by Eugene Hull. 39, of Rt. 3, Angola. The death boosted the Cass County traffic fatality toll for 1967 to seven, three of which have occurred within the city limits. At this time last year the county had recorded 15 traffic fatalities. The Berkshire auto was spun three-quarters of the way around by the impact. Both occupants were thrown out the left front door, and Mrs. Berkshire was dragged approximately 80 feet by the truck. Hull said the impact knocked out his steering and the rig jackknifed, the front wheels coming to rest only a few feet from the gasoline pumps of the Imperial service station at the Eastgate entrance. City police and Coroner Edward Drerup investigated the crash, which snarled traffic for about an hour and a half. The fire department was called to wash oil and gasoline from the pavement.

Claude G. Berkshire was born March 26. 1891, in Logansport, the son of George and Tirza Lytle Berkshire, his marriage on June 21, 1916, was to Elizabeth F. Fettig. He was an excellent cook and for 20 years accompanied the Culver Black Horse Troop on their summer tours in that capacity. He served as Cass County sheriff from 1950 to 1955. and was a retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor. He was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Elks, National Sheriff's Association and St. Joseph Catholic Church. He was also a member of the local Fraternal Order of Police.
He is survived by five sons, Claude of Fort Wayne, Harry, of Alaska, Richard of New Carlisle, William of 610 Davis
Road and Donald, 2028 High St.: two brothers, Walter of Logansport and Charles B., Rapid City. Mich.: four sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Shinn and Mrs. Ruth Marschand of Logansport, Mrs. Mildred Farrer of Mills, Wyo.: and Mrs. Alice Isbell,
Casper, Wyo.; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Three brothers, Howard, Ivan and Hugh, preceded him in death.

Double services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. JosephCatholic Church with the Rev. Richard Villa officiating. Burial will be in Ever Rest Memorial Park, Friends may call at the Kroeger Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Tuesday and the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree will stand guard from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will hold serivces at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The family requests that donations to favorite charities be made in lieu of flowers.
Tuesday, June 13, 1967 - Logansport Pharos-Tribune