| Sarajane
"Sally" Mills Berry, age 80, of Cowansville, Pennsylvania, died
Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 6:15 p.m. at her residence
Born December 29, 1924 in Canton, Ohio,
she was the daughter of Carl and Sara Jane Cousley Vogtsberger.
Mrs. Berry owned and operated a mobile
home park, and for more than 40 years, she also owned and operated
restaurants and lounges.
She was the first female crossing guard
in Allegheny County and the first female manager of Rose Drive-In
Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also was a poodle breeder and
a bus driver for the South Butler School District.
Mrs. Berry was a member of the Faith
Lutheran Church in Butler, Pennsylvania. She was an active den mother
for the Boy Scouts for years, was the first female den mother for
Webelos and received an Eagle Scout pin.
She enjoyed crafts,
traveling/vacationing, decorating, cooking, rug making and her home in
West Palm Beach, Florida.
Mrs. Berry is survived by her husband,
Robert W. Berry, Sr.; her five sons, Stan, Ed and Pat Mills, all of
Butler, Pennsylvania, Jock Mills of Wattersonville, Pennsylvania and
Robert W. Fay-Berry of Dubuque, Iowa; a daughter, Sarajane Mills Elder
of Butler, Pennsylvania; twelve grandchildren and twelve
great-grandchildren.
She also is survived by a sister, Marie
Pane of Saxonburg, Pennsylvania; two half-brothers and two
half-sisters, William, Richard and Carla Vogtsberger and Virginia
Rupert, all of Pittsburgh; and a number of nieces and nephews.
An infant son, a half-brother, Carl
Vogtsberger and one grandson, Christopher, preceded Mrs. Berry in
death.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be held at the Faith
Lutheran Church on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. with
Reverend Timothy Manwell, her church pastor, officiating. Interment
will follow in Mount Royal Cemetery, Allegheny County.
Memorial Contributions may be made to
American Cancer Society, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15205 or to Boy Scouts of America Moraine Trails Council, 830 Morton
Avenue, Butler, Pennsylvania 16001. |
A Life Remembered . . .