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Berkey, Elmer Rhodes (1898-1955)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Nov 3 p. 1
Birth date: 1898
text of obituary:
SEVEN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH, AUTO ACCIDENT
As the Review goes to press, word is received of fatal accidents at Harrisonburg, Va. And Metamora, Ill., which claimed the lives of seven persons.
A private plane flown by Elmer R. Berkey, 57, of Sheridan, Ore. crashed Saturday afternoon at Harrisonburg, killing Mr. Berkey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin and Sanford Martin, all of Harrisonburg, and Samuel Kauffman of Pennsylvania.
A head-on auto collision near Metamora Sunday night claimed the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schertz (Mrs. Schertz the former Esther Strubhar.)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Nov 10 p. 3