Bernard Burry
Bernard Joseph Burry, 90, of Keystone, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at home in Keystone. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne, with Father Brian Dellaert as celebrant. Friends may register at the church from 10 a.m. until service time. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Victor. Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone is in charge of arrangements.
Bernard was born March 5, 1922, near Victor to August L. and Mary (Murtha) Burry. He married Bonnie Buchenau on Sept. 3, 1946, in Brooklyn. She preceded him in death on Aug. 19, 2005.
Bernard graduated from St. John’s Catholic School in 1942. He was drafted into the Army on Jan. 6, 1943, and took basic training at Fort Riley, Kan. He served his nation during World War II overseas in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and Austria.
In October 1945, he returned to Victor, where he helped his father for a year on the farm. After his marriage to Bonnie, they moved to her dad’s farm in 1947. In 1957, he gave up farming and worked for Allis Chalmers, Wilson’s Packing Plant and Hawkeye Seed. In 1960, he started working for Tucker Manufacturing, where he became manager after three years. He worked 26 years as sales manager.
Being too young to retire at 65, he managed Beaver Creek Condos in Cedar Rapids for about 27 years. He moved to Lois Hamann’s farm in Keystone in 2008.
He is survived by his significant other, Lois Hamann of Keystone; his brothers, James of Glendale, Calif., and Don Murtha of Wofford Heights, Calif.; his sisters, Margaret Ringler of Marengo and Teresa Freshour of Victor; two nephews and three nieces, Darrell Freshour of Marion, Rick Ringler of Cedar Rapids, Pam Stevens of Marengo, Kay Nodine of Fairland, Okla., and Cheryle Richardson of Rock Island, Ill.; and many great-nephews and great-nieces.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his brother, Louis.
Condolences may be left at www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.
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