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Romeyn “Rym” Berry

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Romeyn “Rym” Berry Veteran

Birth
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
22 Mar 1957 (aged 75)
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
Burial
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.457444, Longitude: -76.494888
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Director of Athletics, Cornell University; attorney, writer and author.

He was a son of William Bogardus Berry, M.D. and Elizabeth Wright Gould.

Romeyn Berry was married to Olive Nutting at her family's summer home in Nova Scotia in September of 1908. They were the parents of three daughters. Secondly, he was married to Hester Bancroft in 1932. He and his second wife were the parents of Warner B. Berry.

He is survived by his wife, Hester Bancroft Berry, Jacksonville; a son, Warner B. Berry, Jacksonville; two daughters, Mrs. C.H. Sanford, Hamden, Conn. and Mrs. William Mailer McDonald III of Pelham Manor; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. James Wood Tyson III, Baltimore; nieces and nephews.

Services were held in Sage Chapel, Cornell University.

Compiled information from: The Ithaca Journal, March 22, 1957; The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, Saturday, March 23, 1957, page 7; Veteran's Administration burial record
Director of Athletics, Cornell University; attorney, writer and author.

He was a son of William Bogardus Berry, M.D. and Elizabeth Wright Gould.

Romeyn Berry was married to Olive Nutting at her family's summer home in Nova Scotia in September of 1908. They were the parents of three daughters. Secondly, he was married to Hester Bancroft in 1932. He and his second wife were the parents of Warner B. Berry.

He is survived by his wife, Hester Bancroft Berry, Jacksonville; a son, Warner B. Berry, Jacksonville; two daughters, Mrs. C.H. Sanford, Hamden, Conn. and Mrs. William Mailer McDonald III of Pelham Manor; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. James Wood Tyson III, Baltimore; nieces and nephews.

Services were held in Sage Chapel, Cornell University.

Compiled information from: The Ithaca Journal, March 22, 1957; The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York, Saturday, March 23, 1957, page 7; Veteran's Administration burial record

Inscription

Romeyn Berry
New York
1st Lieutenant CWS
May 23 1881 - March 22 1957

Gravesite Details

Flat bronze military marker



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