Quad-City Times; Davenport IA; 2000-4-4

Verdia Berry

BETTENDORF -- Services for Verdia G. Berry, a resident of Eldridge,
Iowa and formerly of Bettendorf, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at
McGinnis, Chambers & Sass Funeral Home, Bettendorf. Burial will
be in Davenport Memorial Park.  Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at the
funeral home. Mrs. Berry died Sunday, April 2, 2000, at Genesis Medical
Center-East Campus, Davenport. Verdia Leek was born Feb. 7, 1922, in
Rock Bridge, Mo., to George and Lydia (Byerley) Leek. She married Doyne
Berry on Aug. 22, 1941, in Blanche, Mo. He died May 7, 1984. She was a
member of St. James Lutheran Church, Bettendorf, and enjoyed quilting,
reading, word-search puzzles and caring for her yard.  Memorials may be
made to the family. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sue
and Dale Meumann, Eldridge, Iowa; her sons and daughter-in-law, Donald
and Pat Berry, Blue Grass, Iowa, and John Berry, McCausland, Iowa; her
grandchildren, Gene Meumann, Terry Meumann, Dan Meumann, Michael Berry,
Ella Collin, Cindy Berry and Cortney Berry; her great-grandchildren,
Tyler, Hannah, Sarah, James, Ryan and Cody; her sisters, Doshia Miller,
Willow Springs, Mo., and Lillith Tetrick, Cornelius, Ore.; and her
brothers, Auton Leek, Medford, Ore., and Oscar Leek, of Oregon. In
addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Elsie
Estes and Inez Thompson; her brothers, Lyle Leek and Clarence Leek;
and four grandchildren.