Catherine M. Berry

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Catherine M. Berry, 88, of Greencastle, formerly of Putnamville, passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2010.

She was born on July 24, 1921 in Mecca to William A. Smith and Nora Mae Scott Smith. She attended Clinton Center School.

Mrs. Berry had been employed by Mallory's and Putnamville Grade School.

Surviving are her children, Peggy Lee Webb and husband Jerry of Indianapolis, Denny Berry and wife Karen Sue of Cloverdale, Alice Wittwer and husband Dan of Florence, Ariz.; son-in-law John Kelley of Littleton, Colo.; stepdaughter Kathleen Bales and husband Louis of Cloverdale; sisters Lillian Rusk of Terre Haute, Rose Ramey of West Terre Haute and Queen Cotton of Florida; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband James W. Berry; son James W. Berry Jr.; daughter Mary Kelley; brothers Arthur Smith, Granville Smith and Charles Smith; sisters Daisy Smith and Dorothy Layton; and grandson Jeffrey J. Berry.

Services will be private at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home. Burial will be at Putnamville Cemetery.

Condolences may be shared with the family online at www.Hopkins-Rector.com.