E. Louise T. Berry 1918 - 2003

BERRY TATE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/14/2014 at 16:19:08

Sioux City Journal
17 December 2003

E. Louise T. Berry, 85, of Sioux City died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, in Sioux City following a long and courageous battle with C.O.P.D. and emphysema.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Spirit Chapel in Sioux City, with the Rev. Dennis Meinen officiating. Burial will be at a later date in her hometown of Clarksville, Ark.

E. Louise T. Berry was born, June 27, 1918, in Mississippi, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. A. Tate. She graduated from high school. She then attended Mississippi Women's College and later William Carey College, where she received a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science in math, music and education.

She was married to Gordon Butler Berry for 55 years before his passing in 1996. She had been a resident of Sioux City since 2000.

She was a caring and fun-loving mother and friend to many as well as a teacher of math at various levels, beginning her teaching career as the only teacher in a one-room school in rural Mississippi. She also ran day care nurseries during World War II in Cleveland, Ohio, and Tacoma, Wash.

She was involved in many volunteer positions with hospitals, senior service groups and many others. She was always ready to help with a kind word and beautiful and gracious smile.

She is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Mary and Leo Demski of Brandenton, Fla., and Barbara and Paul Whitley of Sioux City; a son and his wife, Ted and J. Berry of Roseville, Minn.; and four beloved grandchildren, Lee Demski of Sarasota, Fla., Karen Demski of Atlanta, Ga., Melisa and her husband, Jim Smith of Carrollton, Texas, and Dr. John Balbas and his wife, Sarah of Memphis, Tenn.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Archie Tate; and a sister, Stella Denton.

Memorials in her name may be directed to Hospice of Siouxland.