Mrs. Berger Funeral To Be Thursday
Mrs. James A. Berger, 67, Perry Club Woman and Red Cross official, died of an apparent heart attack about 3 p.m. Monday in Perry Memorial hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday morning as a patient.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Newton chapel with Gerald Stewart, minister of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Berger was born Feb. 11, 1899, In Zenda, Kan., and came to Perry around 1912 with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Riggins. The family farmed southwest of Perry in the area where the Perry lake is now located.
She was married May 21, 1919, in Perry, to James A. Berger, who survives. The couple's home was at 712 Second street.
Mrs. Berger was a past president of the Perry American Legion auxiliary and had served as a district auxiliary president. She also was a past president of the Business and Professional Women's club and the Gray ladies. She was serving again this year as president of the Senior Home Culture club. She was a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge, and served as a Red Cross committee chairman since 1942, was a member of the Noble County Artists association, American War Mothers and the Noble County chapter of the Cherokee Strip Historical society.
She had worked closely with the Oklahoma Mental Health society and had taught classes for patients at Western State hospital. Mrs. Berger was a rural school teacher from 1918 until about 1921.
In addition to her husband of the home, survivors include a son. Lt. Col. Robert M. Berger, Fort MacArthur, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. William Folan, Alamagordo, N.M.; and Mrs. S. F. Harlan, Japan; three sisters, Mrs. Guy Werner, Caldwell, Idaho; Mrs. Romaine Ringham, San Rafael, Calif.; and Mrs. William Watson, Oxnard, Calif.; four brothers, Delmer Riggins, Calif.; Paul Riggins, Junction City, Ore.; Clarence Riggins, College Place, Wash.; and Rex Alfred Riggins, Australia; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Perry newspaper
Mrs. James A. Berger, 67, Perry Club Woman and Red Cross official, died of an apparent heart attack about 3 p.m. Monday in Perry Memorial hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday morning as a patient.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Newton chapel with Gerald Stewart, minister of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Berger was born Feb. 11, 1899, In Zenda, Kan., and came to Perry around 1912 with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Riggins. The family farmed southwest of Perry in the area where the Perry lake is now located.
She was married May 21, 1919, in Perry, to James A. Berger, who survives. The couple's home was at 712 Second street.
Mrs. Berger was a past president of the Perry American Legion auxiliary and had served as a district auxiliary president. She also was a past president of the Business and Professional Women's club and the Gray ladies. She was serving again this year as president of the Senior Home Culture club. She was a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge, and served as a Red Cross committee chairman since 1942, was a member of the Noble County Artists association, American War Mothers and the Noble County chapter of the Cherokee Strip Historical society.
She had worked closely with the Oklahoma Mental Health society and had taught classes for patients at Western State hospital. Mrs. Berger was a rural school teacher from 1918 until about 1921.
In addition to her husband of the home, survivors include a son. Lt. Col. Robert M. Berger, Fort MacArthur, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. William Folan, Alamagordo, N.M.; and Mrs. S. F. Harlan, Japan; three sisters, Mrs. Guy Werner, Caldwell, Idaho; Mrs. Romaine Ringham, San Rafael, Calif.; and Mrs. William Watson, Oxnard, Calif.; four brothers, Delmer Riggins, Calif.; Paul Riggins, Junction City, Ore.; Clarence Riggins, College Place, Wash.; and Rex Alfred Riggins, Australia; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Mrs. Berger Funeral To Be Thursday
Mrs. James A. Berger, 67, Perry Club Woman and Red Cross official, died of an apparent heart attack about 3 p.m. Monday in Perry Memorial hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday morning as a patient.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Newton chapel with Gerald Stewart, minister of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Berger was born Feb. 11, 1899, In Zenda, Kan., and came to Perry around 1912 with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Riggins. The family farmed southwest of Perry in the area where the Perry lake is now located.
She was married May 21, 1919, in Perry, to James A. Berger, who survives. The couple's home was at 712 Second street.
Mrs. Berger was a past president of the Perry American Legion auxiliary and had served as a district auxiliary president. She also was a past president of the Business and Professional Women's club and the Gray ladies. She was serving again this year as president of the Senior Home Culture club. She was a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge, and served as a Red Cross committee chairman since 1942, was a member of the Noble County Artists association, American War Mothers and the Noble County chapter of the Cherokee Strip Historical society.
She had worked closely with the Oklahoma Mental Health society and had taught classes for patients at Western State hospital. Mrs. Berger was a rural school teacher from 1918 until about 1921.
In addition to her husband of the home, survivors include a son. Lt. Col. Robert M. Berger, Fort MacArthur, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. William Folan, Alamagordo, N.M.; and Mrs. S. F. Harlan, Japan; three sisters, Mrs. Guy Werner, Caldwell, Idaho; Mrs. Romaine Ringham, San Rafael, Calif.; and Mrs. William Watson, Oxnard, Calif.; four brothers, Delmer Riggins, Calif.; Paul Riggins, Junction City, Ore.; Clarence Riggins, College Place, Wash.; and Rex Alfred Riggins, Australia; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Perry newspaper
Mrs. James A. Berger, 67, Perry Club Woman and Red Cross official, died of an apparent heart attack about 3 p.m. Monday in Perry Memorial hospital, where she had been admitted Sunday morning as a patient.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Newton chapel with Gerald Stewart, minister of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Berger was born Feb. 11, 1899, In Zenda, Kan., and came to Perry around 1912 with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Riggins. The family farmed southwest of Perry in the area where the Perry lake is now located.
She was married May 21, 1919, in Perry, to James A. Berger, who survives. The couple's home was at 712 Second street.
Mrs. Berger was a past president of the Perry American Legion auxiliary and had served as a district auxiliary president. She also was a past president of the Business and Professional Women's club and the Gray ladies. She was serving again this year as president of the Senior Home Culture club. She was a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge, and served as a Red Cross committee chairman since 1942, was a member of the Noble County Artists association, American War Mothers and the Noble County chapter of the Cherokee Strip Historical society.
She had worked closely with the Oklahoma Mental Health society and had taught classes for patients at Western State hospital. Mrs. Berger was a rural school teacher from 1918 until about 1921.
In addition to her husband of the home, survivors include a son. Lt. Col. Robert M. Berger, Fort MacArthur, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. William Folan, Alamagordo, N.M.; and Mrs. S. F. Harlan, Japan; three sisters, Mrs. Guy Werner, Caldwell, Idaho; Mrs. Romaine Ringham, San Rafael, Calif.; and Mrs. William Watson, Oxnard, Calif.; four brothers, Delmer Riggins, Calif.; Paul Riggins, Junction City, Ore.; Clarence Riggins, College Place, Wash.; and Rex Alfred Riggins, Australia; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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