Winifred Byron (Pete) Berkey

1916 - 1996  (79 years)

• Name	Winifred Byron (Pete) Berkey
  Nickname	Pete, Winfred
  Born	1 Sep 1916	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Aug 1996	Russell, Russell County, Kansas
  Buried	24 Aug 1996	Russell Cemetery, Russell County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2512	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Francis Guy Berkey,   b. 16 Dec 1886, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 13 Feb 1968, Russell, Russell County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret Frances Cottle Berkey,   b. 5 Dec 1887, West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky ,   d. 29 Dec 1924, Russell, Russell County, Kansas  (Age 37 years)
  Married	17 May 1911
  Documents		Marriage- Cottle, Margaret-Berkey, Guy A wedding license was issued May 17 to Mr. Guy Berkey and Miss Margaret Cottle.
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Izetta E Radke Berkey
  Married	3 Feb 1939	Russell, Russell County, Kansas
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2014 11:47:03
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 3 Feb 1939 - Russell, Russell County, Kansas Died - 21 Aug 1996 - Russell, Russell County, Kansas Buried - 24 Aug 1996 - Russell Cemetery, Russell County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Berkey, W.B. Russell – W.B. “Pete” Berkey, 79, Russell, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1996, at a Russell hospital. Mr. Berkey owned and operated Berkey Electric in Russell until he retired in the early 1980s. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was born Sept. 1, 1916, at Rossville, the son of Francis Guy and Margaret Cottle Berkey. He moved with his family to Russell while he was a young boy and he was graduated from Russell High School. Mr. Berkey was a member of First Christian Church and the Elks Lodge, and he was a life member of both of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, all in Russell. He was married to Izetta E. Radke on Feb. 3, 1939, at Russell. She survives. Other survivors include a brother, Robert Berkey, Denver; and two sisters, Lucy Macha, Topeka, and Sally Hill, Sunland, Calif. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Pohlman’s Memorial Chapel at Russell. Burial will be at Russell City Cemetery. Relatives and friends will meet from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church or to the Russell Regional Hospital and sent in care of the mortuary.