Sarah "Sadia" Berry Grave is located at Oakton Cemetery along with her husband A.M Berry.Born near Greensburg Penn.At the age of three she moved to Mo.Her Father brought a farm in Northfork Township in the Bethel neighborhood.After arriving in Mo. in late Fall in a covered wagon too late to build a home they lived in a hole dug in the ground under the wagon.She married A.M. Berry 3/23/1882 at the age of 17.Sarah lived in Lamar Mo. at the time of her death.She had seven children of which two are located at Oakton. them being Ira ray Berry and Della Berry. PLEASE NOTE Sara Berry,Della Berry and Ira ray Berry are not listed in the records of graves located in the Oakton Cemetery.∼Buried close together: David Clark Berry & Sadia A Berry∼Lamar, Missouri

Mrs. A. M. Berry died at her home at the corner of Pacific and Cherry Street, at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday. The body was taken to the River Funeral Home, to be prepared for burial. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Walter Arnold were announced to be held at the Lamar Baptist church at 2:15 Thursday afternoon, followed by interment in Oakton Cemetery.

Mrs. Berry had been failing visibly since the death of her husband, our late townsman, A. M. Berry, July 6, 1933. For ten years, Mrs. Berry had suffered from a phenomenonally high blood pressure. She maintained her strength and a fair state of general health, apparently, until the shock of her husband's death. From that time on she began to show less interest in things, and this continued, until a few weeks ago, her condition began to grow immediately serious. Her daughter Mrs. C. E. Melton came from Nebraska, to take care of her, and later, Mrs. G. A. Adams, her youngest daughter came from Winfield to assist in caring for her. All six of her children were home when death came.

Mrs. Berry's maiden name was Sarah Aldora Arner. She was born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, January 9th, 1865. When she was a child of three her father, the late Absolom Arner brought his family from Pennsylvania, to this county and bought and improved a farm in Northfork township in the Bethel neighborhood, still known as the old Arner homestead. So Mrs. Berry had spent 67 of the seventy years of her life in Barton County.

March 23, 1882, when she was just past seventeen, Miss Arner was Married to A. M. Berry. They had been married fifty-two years at his death, two years ago, this coming July. Mr. Berry's father, the late C. L. Berry had purchased a large tract of land west of Oakton direct from the state. He later divided up his large holding among his children. Mr. A. M. Berry improved his land, now known as the Will Williams farm, west of Oakton. He later sold this land and purchased the large farm, where Mr. Harry Berry now lives. In 1904, Mr. and Mrs. Berry came to Lamar. They purchased the residence on Cherry and Pacific where they both ended their days.

When Mrs. Berry was a girl, she joined the Methodist church. Shortley after her marriage, she entered the Baptist Church, with her husband, and was a Baptist for more than fifty years.

She is survived by three sons and three daughters, Mr. Geo. Berry, of Lamar, Mr. Harry Berry of Duval and Mr. Herbert Berry of Shreveport; Mrs. C. R. Perry, of Lamar, Mrs. C. E. Melton, of Omaha and Mrs. G. A. Adams of Winfield. Two children died in infancy. She leaves twenty-one grandchildren and six great grandchildren. There are two surviving brothers, Mr. Frank Arner, of Bethel and Mr. Chame Arner, of Lane, Kansas. There are two sisters, Mrs. Jack Allen, of Pittsburg and Mrs. Will Bransetter of Coffeyville.

Mrs. Berry was a very quiet woman, she was pre-eminently a wife and mother. Her influence was in her home, and it has carried far in the lives of her children, and of those who knew her best, who will all through the years to come, cherish and reverence her memory.