From  Rick Berkheiser

 

"Mishawaka Enterprise", Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Wednesday, September 10, 1947, page 6

 

     David P. Berkheiser, 68, 136 West Grove street, died at his home on Saturday, Sept. 6, following an illness of one year.  Mr. Berkheiser was until his retirement was a foreman at the

     Ball Band plant for 43 years.
     He was born in Mishawaka on Dec. 17, 1879 and lived here his entire lifetime.  On June 28, 1899 he married Miss Daisy E. Reed in Mishawaka.
     Mr. Berkheiser is survived by his widow and one son and a daughter.  The son is O. E. Berkheiser and the daughter, Mrs. Adah Anderson, both of Mishawaka.
     Two sisters.  Mrs. Lottie Snow of Centerville, Mich., and a sister in Denver, Colo., also survive.  Four grandchildren and one great-grandchild are left by Mr. Berkheiser.
     Funeral services were held in the First Baptist church on Tuesday afternoon with Rev. K. F. Dodson officiating.  Burial was in the Mishawaka city cemetery.