Mary Berry

Mary Pauline Berry, daughter of Phillip and Ethel Eckles Crow, was born February 20, 1926 at Lehigh. She received her education in the Lehigh Public School, graduating in 1943. From 1943 to 1949, she had been employed at the Iowa/Illinois Gas and Electric at Fort Dodge. On April 18, 1949, she married Thomas Gannon Berry at Lehigh. In 1949, the couple started farming southwest of Duncombe. Mr. Berry died July 15, 1994. Mary moved to Duncombe in 1995. In 2006, she moved to Southfield Assisted Living. She become the first Duncombe librarian in 1981 and retired in February of 1991. Mary is survived by daughters and son-in-law, Diane Powers and fiancee, Daniel Willard of Webster City, Karen and Richard Stephenson of Ames; son and daughter-in-law, Don and Julie Berry of Mason City; grandchildren; Bill and Tehra Powers; Troy and Christa Powers; Stacy and Kendrick Gearhart; Megan Stephenson; Jeremy Stephenson; Melissa and Brian Sedgwick; Brooke Berry; Tommy Berry; 9 great-grandchildren; 5 nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Gertrude Gerard and Margaret Crow; brother, Gerald Crow. Mary was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church; the Altar Guild and the American Legion Auxiliary.