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Lyle Berry (1957)

BERRY, COOPER, HAINES, MILES, PIKE

Posted By: Ida Morse
Date: 2/16/2007 at 21:59:12

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 4, 1957
Page 1

LYLE BERRY IS VICTIM OF FIRE

World War I Veteran Thought to Have Been Smoking In Bed

Lyle Berry of Winterset was burned to death Tuesday night in a fire which heavily damaged the one-room building in which he lived on North Tenth street.

The fire alarm was turned in about 10:45 p.m. by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Little, neighbors, who first saw the building on fire. Little attempted to get inside, but found the door locked.

The bed on which Berry was lying was consumed by the flames as well as the north wall of the shack. Investigating officers said it was indicated that the fire started after Berry had dropped off to sleep while smoking in bed. He was found lying fully clothed on the bed.

The fire department was able to halt the flames and save the remainder of the building.

Berry was a life-long resident of Madison county. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Berry, and was 67 years of age at his death.

He was a veteran of World War I, having served overseas in France as a member of Winterset’s Company A. 168th Infantry regiment, and was wounded while serving in the trenches.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. George Berry of Patterson; two sons, Larry and Leslie Berry of Patterson; three daughters, Mrs. Betty Pike of Los Angels, Mrs. Emery Cooper of Winterset and Mrs. Shirley Haines of Des Moines, 10 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Alta Miles of Patterson, and a brother, Everett Berry of Belle Flower, Ill.

Funeral arrangements had not been made as the Madisonian went to press Wednesday.

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