Visitation:
10 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Plummer
Funeral Home in Litchfield
Service:
11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home
Funeral home:
Plummer Funeral Services, Inc., 404 East Union
Avenue, Litchfield
Obituary
Dorothy Lucille (Russell) Berkshire,
96, of Lincoln, formerly of Litchfield, passed from
this life on Wed., Dec. 9, 2020 at St. Clara’s Manor
in Lincoln,. She was born on July 1, 1924 in
Atwater, a daughter of William Bonney and Mabel
Blanch Russell. Dorothy married Jesse V. Berkshire
on July 7, 1941 in St. Charles, MO.
She lived her life in Witt, Litchfield, Atterberry,
Petersburg, and then in Lincoln. Dorothy was a
homemaker, a volunteer (Pink Lady) at St. Francis
Hospital in Litchfield, and also worked in the
cafeteria at Porta School.
She enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading her Bible,
and her family. She was a unique person and will be
greatly missed by her family and all who knew her.
She is survived by:
one son Randy (Dana) of Lincoln; one
daughter-in-law, Lois (Berkshire) Peper of Raymond;
four grandchildren: Lisa (Chris) Kurtz, Michael
Berkshire, Jim (Karen) Berkshire, David Wayne
(Helen) Berkshire; three great-granddaughters: Tiera
(Jonathan) Begley; Taylor Berkshire; Ada Kurtz; two
great-great-grandchildren: Hugh Berkshire and Skyler
Begley; two nieces: Maralyn Hammond and Bonnie
Russell and one nephew Jim Russell.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents;
husband, Jesse; three brothers: Oliver “Bud”
Russell, Boyd Russell, William “Billy” Russell; two
sons Larry and J. David Berkshire; one daughter in
infancy, Bonnie Jean and daughter-in-law, Barb.
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Funeral services for Dorothy will be held on
Sat., Dec. 12, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Plummer Funeral Home in
Litchfield. Rev. Tim Searby will officiate. Burial will be
in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield. Visitation will be held
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service in the
funeral home.
Memorials may be designated to St. Francis Hospital
Auxiliary.
For more information, to light a candle, or to sign the
online guestbook, please visit
www.plummerfuneralservices.com. |