HANLIN Rachel Berry, 105, born Feb. 15, 1910, in Johnstown, and died June 4, 2015, in North Little Rock, Ark. Rachel resided in Johnstown for 99 years and was a member of Johnstown High School, Class of 1927 1/2. Her father, John Emery Berry, was a butcher for Penn Traffic and her mother, Mary Jane Clement Berry, was a nurse at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital. Rachel was the third of five siblings, Lewis, Wynn, Margaret and Jack, who all predeceased Rachel. Rachel started her work life in Johnstown as a seamstress earning $1 a day, then moved into the accounts department of Bethlehem Steel. She was married for 27 years to Regis Hanlin, owner of Cookie Jar on Main Street, and during that time, she was the window and cake decorator for Cookie Jar. She later became a switchboard operator for Medical Exchange and finally retired at 89 from her job as receptionist at Johnstown Senior Citizen Center. Her passions were art and poetry and she won awards for her painting and woodburning. At 93, she published a book of poetry "Rays from Rae." Art was a major part of her life, she produced more than 100 decoupage pictures in her 99th year of life. Rachel never knew a stranger and mastered the art of positive thinking, seeing the world as a place of beauty. She leaves daughters, Sara Allen, London, England; Margaret Warner, Mount Kisco, New York; and Katherine Tilley, Sherwood, Ark.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Burial, Grandview Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to Arkansas Hospice (visit online at www.ArkansasHospice.org).
(The Tribune Democrat, June 10, 2015)
(The Tribune Democrat, June 10, 2015)
HANLIN Rachel Berry, 105, born Feb. 15, 1910, in Johnstown, and died June 4, 2015, in North Little Rock, Ark. Rachel resided in Johnstown for 99 years and was a member of Johnstown High School, Class of 1927 1/2. Her father, John Emery Berry, was a butcher for Penn Traffic and her mother, Mary Jane Clement Berry, was a nurse at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital. Rachel was the third of five siblings, Lewis, Wynn, Margaret and Jack, who all predeceased Rachel. Rachel started her work life in Johnstown as a seamstress earning $1 a day, then moved into the accounts department of Bethlehem Steel. She was married for 27 years to Regis Hanlin, owner of Cookie Jar on Main Street, and during that time, she was the window and cake decorator for Cookie Jar. She later became a switchboard operator for Medical Exchange and finally retired at 89 from her job as receptionist at Johnstown Senior Citizen Center. Her passions were art and poetry and she won awards for her painting and woodburning. At 93, she published a book of poetry "Rays from Rae." Art was a major part of her life, she produced more than 100 decoupage pictures in her 99th year of life. Rachel never knew a stranger and mastered the art of positive thinking, seeing the world as a place of beauty. She leaves daughters, Sara Allen, London, England; Margaret Warner, Mount Kisco, New York; and Katherine Tilley, Sherwood, Ark.; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Burial, Grandview Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to Arkansas Hospice (visit online at www.ArkansasHospice.org).
(The Tribune Democrat, June 10, 2015)
(The Tribune Democrat, June 10, 2015)
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