Dorothy Maxine Berrie

Dorothy Maxine Berrie of Emporia died on Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia.  She was 98.

Maxine was born on November 10, 1921 in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas the daughter of William David and Mabel Irene (Woyame) Brainard.  She married Audrey George Berrie on July 24, 1943 in Emporia.  He died on July 31, 1984 in Emporia, Kansas.

Surviving family members include: daughters, Jerry (Lindal) Trueblood of Raymore, Missouri, Carol (Chuck) Ireland of Girard, Nancy Sutton of Ottawa, Marsha Foraker of Olathe, Linda (Kelly) Raber Topeka, and Jo (Rich) Sheeley of Dallas, Texas; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, granddaughter Rhonda Trueblood, great-grandson Trenton William Bobey, and sister Grace Ann Suddock.

Maxine spent many years as a homemaker raising her six girls.  She later worked in sales at JCPenney and Graves Drug Store in Emporia before retiring.  Maxine was a member of Lowry-Funston VFW Auxiliary Post #1980.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Evergreen Cemetery south of Emporia.  Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo can be sent in care of the funeral home.