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- Niagara Gazette - 8/11/1950
BARKER, Aug. 11 -Delbert A.
Berean, 85, died yesterday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. George
Burgess, Barker, after a long illness.
He is survived by his daughter,
Mrs. Burgess, two grandchildren and
one great grandchild. His only son,
Gordon Berean, Middleport, died
three weeks ago. He is also sur-
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Veva Beers,
Ridgewood, and Mrs. Lottis Brad-
ley, Spokane, Wash., two brothers,
Horace Berean, Hamburg, and Elmer
Berean, Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held at
the Hood funeral home, Barker, at
2:30 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Wes-
ley Kofahl officiating. Interment
will be in Somerset cemetery where
the Masonic committement service
will be conducted.
Mr. Berean was a member of the
Barker Methodist church and had
been a member of Somerset lodge,
F. and A. M., since 8192 receiving
his 50-year medal eight yeaars ago.
He had held the office tyler of the
lodge for many years.
He owned and operated a large
cooper shop in Barker for many
years before his retirement in 1934
when he with his wife went to live
with their daughter. Mrs. Berean
died soon afterward. In politics he
was affiliated with Democratic par-
ty and was active in party activities.
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1865 - 1950 (~ 85 years)