Lake County Examiner - April 6, 2006 - Lakeview, Oregon Deceased: Virgil Gordon Berry Date of Birth: April 20, 1927 Date of Death: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend Age:78 Married: Jean Thacker on Aug. 16, 1947 in Reno, Nev. Survivors include: Wife: Jean of Lakeview Son and daughter-in-law: Randy and Judy Berry of Lakeview Granddaughter: Sarah Hilfinger of Albany A memorial service was held in his memory on Monday, April 3 at the Desert Rose Funeral Chapel. A potluck dinner followed in the Church of the Open Bible Fellowship Hall. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Davis Creek, Calif. Cemetery. Contributions in the memory of Berry may be sent to a local charity of the donor's choice. Desert Rose Funeral Chapel had charge of the arrangements. NOTE: If anyone had information on his family, please contact me. Thanks, Billie Virgil Gordon Berry Virgil Gordon Berry, 78, passed away at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 from natural causes. Virgil was born April 20, 1927 on a cattle ranch in Davis Creek, Calif. and was raised by his grandparents, Oliver and Rose (Renner) Berry. As a young person he moved quite often and graduated from Marysville Union High in Marysville, Calif. and then went on to graduate from Yuba City Junior College. He enlisted into the Navy in 1945 and served at Pearl Harbor for a year and was honorably discharged in 1946. He was married to Jean Thacker on Aug. 16, 1947 in Reno, Nev. Virgil lived in Bly for 15 years before moving back to Lakeview in 1967. At the time of his retirement he had worked for Weyerhaeuser Co. as a log truck driver for 18 years, working out of the Bly shop. He was an avid team roper and was an accomplished musician, with the trumpet being his favorite instrument. He received a lot of pleasure from hunting and working around the ranch. He is survived by his wife, Jean of Lakeview; son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Judy Berry of Lakeview; and granddaughter, Sarah Hilfinger of Albany. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Donovan Vermillion; step-parents, Chad and Alma Vermillion and life long friend, Wayne Smith. A memorial service was held in his memory on Monday, April 3 at the Desert Rose Funeral Chapel. A potluck dinner followed in the Church of the Open Bible Fellowship Hall. Inurnment will be at a later date in the Davis Creek Calif. Cemetery. Contributions in the memory of Berry may be sent to a local charity of the donor's choice. Desert Rose Funeral Chapel had charge of the arrangements. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Modoc County, California "The Last Frontier" www.rh2o.com/modoc --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.