1920 - 2014
VETERAN
❦ Early Life: Joseph was born November 22, 1920, in Mississippi, to Charlie Lonnie and Mary Emma Holley Berryhill.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: During World War II, Joseph served in the United States Navy. He married Myrtice Loree McGee, October 17, 1946. Joseph and Loree moved to Orem, Utah, in the 1950s and later, moved to Magna, Utah, in the late 1990s. Joseph was a lifelong welder and began working as a teenager. Retirement was unable to hold him down and he reentered the workforce and continued working until his late 70s. He also enjoyed being caretaker at the former Adventure and Learning Park in Highland, Utah, for a number of years. Joseph was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. Joseph Berryhill passed away March 31, 2014, at the Salt Lake Veterans Home.
❦ Survived By: His son-in-law, Donald; and grandson, Jonathan.
❦ Preceded In Death By: His wife, Loree; and daughters, Mary and Patricia.
❦ Services: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
❦ Obituary: The Daily Herald | 13 Apr 2014
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1920 - 2014
VETERAN
❦ Early Life: Joseph was born November 22, 1920, in Mississippi, to Charlie Lonnie and Mary Emma Holley Berryhill.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: During World War II, Joseph served in the United States Navy. He married Myrtice Loree McGee, October 17, 1946. Joseph and Loree moved to Orem, Utah, in the 1950s and later, moved to Magna, Utah, in the late 1990s. Joseph was a lifelong welder and began working as a teenager. Retirement was unable to hold him down and he reentered the workforce and continued working until his late 70s. He also enjoyed being caretaker at the former Adventure and Learning Park in Highland, Utah, for a number of years. Joseph was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. Joseph Berryhill passed away March 31, 2014, at the Salt Lake Veterans Home.
❦ Survived By: His son-in-law, Donald; and grandson, Jonathan.
❦ Preceded In Death By: His wife, Loree; and daughters, Mary and Patricia.
❦ Services: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
❦ Obituary: The Daily Herald | 13 Apr 2014
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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