Berkler, Russell (1918-2011)
BERKLER, CONSIDINE, LITTERICK, HORNBAKER, REIDT, JONES, HARADON, PETERSON, MILLER, MOVALL
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/28/2011 at 20:42:58
Russell Berkler
March 27, 1918 - May 14, 2011Thursday, May 26, 2011
Russell Theodore Berkler, 93, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Sioux City and Truesdale, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Mount St. Francis Nursing Center in Colorado Springs.
Russell was born March 27, 1918, near Truesdale on the family farm. He spent most of his life in Sioux City where he worked as the office manager of Chesterman Bottling Company. Hired as the office manager of Panhandle Anesthesia Associates, he, then, moved to Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where he lived for eight years. He retired to Lake Wales, Florida. After the passing of his beloved wife, Betty, he spent the last nine years of his life in Colorado Springs near a daughter and son-in-law.
Russell loved the Lord, his church, his family, and his many friends. He enjoyed watching various sports and was always up on current events in the world. A gentleman, a caring and involved father, and a dedicated husband and friend, he blessed many people in his ninety-three years of life.
Survivors include his four daughters and their husbands, Donna, and Dr. Paul Considine, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Patricia and Keith Litterick, of Middleburg, Florida, Connie, and Dr. Charles Hornbaker, of Colorado Springs, and Pamela Reidt, of Wilbur, Washington; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and four sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, Myra and Darwin Jones, of Lytton, Bernice Haradon Peterson, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, Mary Haradon, of Gaylesville, Alabama, and Darlene Berkler, of Eldora. A niece, Carol Berkler, of Cherokee, and cousins, Marjorie Miller and Barbara Movall, of Storm Lake, and Bob Berkler of Bakersfield, California.
Russell was preceded in death by his wife of more than fifty-nine years, Betty Jean Haradon Berkler; an infant son; an infant daughter; and a son-in-law, Kim Reidt.
Services were held on Friday, May 20, 2011, at the Sac City Methodist Church with his dear family friend, the Rev. Martha Anderson officiating. Burial was in Storm Lake Cemetery. The Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City was in charge of the arrangements.
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