Russell Theodore Berkler 1918-2011

BERKLER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 6/20/2011 at 20:03:41

Sioux City Journal
18 May 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Russell Theodore Berkler, 93, of Colorado Springs, Colo., formerly of Sioux City, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Mount St. Francis Nursing Center in Colorado Springs.

Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Sac City (Iowa) Methodist Church, with his dear family friend, the Rev. Martha Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Storm Lake (Iowa) Cemetery. Visitation will be 7 to 8:30 p.m Thursday at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City.

Russell was born March 27, 1918, in Truesdale, Iowa. He spent most of his life in Sioux City, where he was the office manager of Chesterman Bottling Company. He moved to Scottsbluff, Neb., and was office manager of Panhandle Anesthesia Associates for eight years. He retired to Lake Wales, Fla. 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 was a man who 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. He was a gentleman, a caring and involved father and a dedicated husband. He blessed many people in his 93 years of life.

Survivors include four daughters and their husbands, Donna and Dr. Paul Considine of Scottsbluff, Patricia and Keith Litterick of Middleburg, Fla., Connie and Dr. Charles Hornbaker of Colorado Springs, and Pamela Reidt of Wilbur, Wash.; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and four sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, Myra and Darwin Jones of Lytton, Iowa, Bernice Haradon Peterson of Marshfield, Wis., Mary Haradon of Gaylesville, Ala., and Darlene Berkler of Eldora, Iowa.

Russell was preceded in death by his wife of more than 59 years, Betty Jean Haradon Berkler; an infant son; an infant daughter; and a son-in-law, Kim Reidt.