Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Monday, May 4th, 1959
page 1
Arkansas Cityan Since 1910
E.S. Berry, Former City Official, Dies.
Edward Sanford Berry, 602 N. Ninth St., former city commissioner and mayor and prominent retired contractor in this vicinity died at 6 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
He was elected a city commissioner in April 1949, for a four year term. He was elected mayor in April 1949, and served one year. He was again chosen mayor in April 1953.
Born Nov. 25, 1878 in Madison county, near Winterset, Iowa he was the son of Joel J. Berry and Mary Euretta Johnston Berry. The Berry family lived at Pratt and Amarillo, moving to Dexter in 1897. Mr. Berry came to Arkansas City from Dexter in 1910. He built many fine churches and business establishments in Arkansas City, Hutchinson, Winfield and Wichita.
E.S. Berry and Icel Myrtle Ewing were married Oct. 14, 1926 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ewing at Hominy, Okla.
Mr. Berry was a member of the First Methodist church and was a noted Bible scholar.
Survivors include his wife of the home, two daughters, Mrs. John (Marianne) Garland, Wellington and Mrs. D.V. (Jean) Swartz, Great Bend, two sons, Sanford Berry, Champaign, Ill., and Joel H. Berry, Salina, 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Eldon and by nine brothers and sisters.
Mr. Berry will lie in state at the Grant-Elder Funeral Home Monday afternoon and evening until 9 p.m. The casket will be open at the church before the service, but not afterward.
Funeral services will be Tuesday 2 p.m. in the First Methodist church with Dr. Lyman S. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Dexter cemetery.
(trancribed by Judy Mayfield) Dec. 2022
Arkansas City, Kansas
Monday, May 4th, 1959
page 1
Arkansas Cityan Since 1910
E.S. Berry, Former City Official, Dies.
Edward Sanford Berry, 602 N. Ninth St., former city commissioner and mayor and prominent retired contractor in this vicinity died at 6 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
He was elected a city commissioner in April 1949, for a four year term. He was elected mayor in April 1949, and served one year. He was again chosen mayor in April 1953.
Born Nov. 25, 1878 in Madison county, near Winterset, Iowa he was the son of Joel J. Berry and Mary Euretta Johnston Berry. The Berry family lived at Pratt and Amarillo, moving to Dexter in 1897. Mr. Berry came to Arkansas City from Dexter in 1910. He built many fine churches and business establishments in Arkansas City, Hutchinson, Winfield and Wichita.
E.S. Berry and Icel Myrtle Ewing were married Oct. 14, 1926 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ewing at Hominy, Okla.
Mr. Berry was a member of the First Methodist church and was a noted Bible scholar.
Survivors include his wife of the home, two daughters, Mrs. John (Marianne) Garland, Wellington and Mrs. D.V. (Jean) Swartz, Great Bend, two sons, Sanford Berry, Champaign, Ill., and Joel H. Berry, Salina, 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Eldon and by nine brothers and sisters.
Mr. Berry will lie in state at the Grant-Elder Funeral Home Monday afternoon and evening until 9 p.m. The casket will be open at the church before the service, but not afterward.
Funeral services will be Tuesday 2 p.m. in the First Methodist church with Dr. Lyman S. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Dexter cemetery.
(trancribed by Judy Mayfield) Dec. 2022
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Monday, May 4th, 1959
page 1
Arkansas Cityan Since 1910
E.S. Berry, Former City Official, Dies.
Edward Sanford Berry, 602 N. Ninth St., former city commissioner and mayor and prominent retired contractor in this vicinity died at 6 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
He was elected a city commissioner in April 1949, for a four year term. He was elected mayor in April 1949, and served one year. He was again chosen mayor in April 1953.
Born Nov. 25, 1878 in Madison county, near Winterset, Iowa he was the son of Joel J. Berry and Mary Euretta Johnston Berry. The Berry family lived at Pratt and Amarillo, moving to Dexter in 1897. Mr. Berry came to Arkansas City from Dexter in 1910. He built many fine churches and business establishments in Arkansas City, Hutchinson, Winfield and Wichita.
E.S. Berry and Icel Myrtle Ewing were married Oct. 14, 1926 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ewing at Hominy, Okla.
Mr. Berry was a member of the First Methodist church and was a noted Bible scholar.
Survivors include his wife of the home, two daughters, Mrs. John (Marianne) Garland, Wellington and Mrs. D.V. (Jean) Swartz, Great Bend, two sons, Sanford Berry, Champaign, Ill., and Joel H. Berry, Salina, 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Eldon and by nine brothers and sisters.
Mr. Berry will lie in state at the Grant-Elder Funeral Home Monday afternoon and evening until 9 p.m. The casket will be open at the church before the service, but not afterward.
Funeral services will be Tuesday 2 p.m. in the First Methodist church with Dr. Lyman S. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Dexter cemetery.
(trancribed by Judy Mayfield) Dec. 2022
Arkansas City, Kansas
Monday, May 4th, 1959
page 1
Arkansas Cityan Since 1910
E.S. Berry, Former City Official, Dies.
Edward Sanford Berry, 602 N. Ninth St., former city commissioner and mayor and prominent retired contractor in this vicinity died at 6 a.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
He was elected a city commissioner in April 1949, for a four year term. He was elected mayor in April 1949, and served one year. He was again chosen mayor in April 1953.
Born Nov. 25, 1878 in Madison county, near Winterset, Iowa he was the son of Joel J. Berry and Mary Euretta Johnston Berry. The Berry family lived at Pratt and Amarillo, moving to Dexter in 1897. Mr. Berry came to Arkansas City from Dexter in 1910. He built many fine churches and business establishments in Arkansas City, Hutchinson, Winfield and Wichita.
E.S. Berry and Icel Myrtle Ewing were married Oct. 14, 1926 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ewing at Hominy, Okla.
Mr. Berry was a member of the First Methodist church and was a noted Bible scholar.
Survivors include his wife of the home, two daughters, Mrs. John (Marianne) Garland, Wellington and Mrs. D.V. (Jean) Swartz, Great Bend, two sons, Sanford Berry, Champaign, Ill., and Joel H. Berry, Salina, 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Eldon and by nine brothers and sisters.
Mr. Berry will lie in state at the Grant-Elder Funeral Home Monday afternoon and evening until 9 p.m. The casket will be open at the church before the service, but not afterward.
Funeral services will be Tuesday 2 p.m. in the First Methodist church with Dr. Lyman S. Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Dexter cemetery.
(trancribed by Judy Mayfield) Dec. 2022
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