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Submitted: 2/13/22 • Approved: 2/14/22 • Last Updated: 2/17/22 • R490330-G0-S3
US Navy
September 8, 1937-November 21, 2014
Shared stone with Jo Ann
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
FRIONA — LeRoy Berend, 77, of Friona died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014.
Rosary will be said at 6 p.m. today in St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Friona. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church with the Rev. Ed Sweeney of Amarillo and the Rev. Anthony Swamy Aakula, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Friona Cemetery. Arrangements are by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona.
Mr. Berend was born Sept. 8, 1937, in Gainesville to Ewald and Dorothy Mages Berend. He married Jo Ann Hess on Aug. 4, 1962, in Muenster. He was a veteran of the Navy, a member of Knights of Columbus and St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. He was a farmer and in the feed yard trucking industry for 52 years. Before moving to Friona, he and Jo Ann lived in Hereford. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren. A large part of his life was helping them with their show steers.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law, Raymond Brorman.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Dana Campbell and husband Bryan of Muenster; a son, Roddy Berend and wife Sandra of Friona; two sisters, Marrian Yosten and husband Nick of Hereford and Doris Zinser of Conway, Ark.; and six grandchildren, Brittany, Jason and Brandon Berend and Jake, Emily and Gage Campbell.
The family suggests memorials be to Prairie Acres Nursing Home, 201 E. 15th St., Friona, TX 79035.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 24, 2014)
Contributed on 2/13/22 by neldapat
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