Georgianna Berry

ROCHESTER — Georgianna Berry, 88, of 43 Betts Road, died Sunday, April 11, 2010, at the Frisbie Memorial Hospital.

Born Aug. 26, 1921, in Lowell, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Arnold I. and Elsie B. (Bradstreet) Richards.

Georgianna graduated from Spaulding High School, Class of 1940. She worked for many years as a telephone operator and supervisor for New England Telephone. Mrs. Berry also worked as a bookkeeper for Blue Seal Feeds. She was a life member of the Eastern Star.

Members of her family include her sister, Gertrude Dale of Ossipee and Arline Roberts of Alton Bay; her nieces and nephews, Stephen Nickerson and wife, Patricia, of New York, Thomas Nickerson and wife, Patricia, of Rochester, Cynthia Schwartz and husband, Richard, of Freedom, Linda Crosby of Rochester, Nancy McClare and husband, Kelly, of Freedom, Marcia Floria of Zypherhills, Fla., Daniel Nickerson and wife, Kathleen, of Rochester, Nancy Colbroth and husband, James, of Rochester, Susan Fullerton and husband, Peter, of W. Ossipee, and Paul Roberts and wife, Debbie, of Rochester; several great and great-great nieces and nephews.

The family would also like to thank Rita Kurland for her compassion and care to Georgianna for the last eight months.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Berry, her sister, Leone Nickerson, and her close companion, Charles Abbott.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820-6022 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Family and friends may visit Thursday, April 15, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the R. M. Edgerly & Son Funeral Home, 86 S. Main Street, Rochester, N.H.

A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the Funeral Home.

Burial will follow in the Rochester Cemetery, Franklin Street, Rochester.

To view/sign the online guest book please visit www.edgerlyfh.com.

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