Alberta Jean Tennant Berry, 84, of Mount Morris, Pa., died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at home.
She was born Thursday, Dec. 13, 1934, in Miracle Run, a daughter of the late Learney D. Tennant and Bertha Mae Wilson Tennant.
Mrs. Berry enjoyed gardening, lawn care, canning and cooking. She especially loved spending time with her grandchildren and was an extended mother to many in the community. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Ronald E. Berry, whom she married on Aug. 29, 1953, died March 10, 1989.
Surviving are two sons, Michael L. Berry and his wife, Rachelle, and Todd Berry, and his wife, Cathy, all of Waynesburg; four grandchildren, Jacob, Tyler, Hillary and Haley; two brothers, Stanley Tennant, of Fairmont, and Billy Tennant, of Fairview; several nieces and nephews; and her niece and caregiver, Dianna Minor.
Deceased are five sisters, Helen Tennant, Marjorie Kiger, Pansey Lowther, Violet Conner and Mavis Lantz; and three brothers, Learney D. Tennant Jr., Homer Tennant and Ivan “Bud” Tennant.
The family would like to thank Amedisys Home Healthcare for all the care and compassion shown to their mother and the family during her illness.
Friends will be received at Milliken and Throckmorton FH Inc., 324 Mount Morris Road, from 2-4 and
6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, with the Rev. John Poling officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mount Morris, Pa.
Condolences: milliken-throckmortonfh.com
