VALLEY CENTER, KS
Berry, Margaret Louise (DeVore), 91, retired Berry Hardware co-owner, beloved wife and mother, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012. She was born in Topeka, Kansas to Ed and Katherine (Fieger) DeVore. On January 28, 1939 in Valley Center, Kansas, she married John R. Berry. Margaret was the first women pilot in Valley Center and she, also, was an EMT on the Valley Center ambulance department. John and Margaret had the Berry Hardware store in Valley Center, Kansas from 1960's to 1980's. They also were Valley Center Grand Marshalls' in 2005. She is survived by her husband John Berry, her daughters, Linda Pientok and Kathie (Jim) Rabe of Valley Center; 8 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; brother, Dennis (Judy) Brunhoeber of Wichita; sister, Oma Jean Emerson of Wichita; many family and friends. She is preceded in death by her son, John Richard Berry and brother, Charles A. DeVore. Services 11 a.m., Saturday, March 10, at the Valley Center Christian Church, 1801 E. 5th, Valley Center. Memorials may be designated to the Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, Ks 67202. Baker Funeral Home, 100 S. Cedar, Valley Center. www.bakerfhvc.com