Bert Levi Bright © Cheyenne Star Submitted by: Wanda Purcell
Bert Levi Bright, Berlin pioneer, died at his home Monday morning February 17, 1961, after an extended illness.
Services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Berlin school auditorium with Rev. Jeff Wick officiating.
Born November 9, 1872, at Cummings County, Nebraska, Mr. Bright came to western Oklahoma in 1892 and homesteaded two miles east of Berlin.
He was married to Martha Patterson at Berlin, Oklahoma, September 4, 1898.
In 1919 he moved to his present home in Berlin.
He was a member of the Berlin Methodist Church.
His parents, two sisters, and six brothers preceded him in death.
Survivors are his wife Martha of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Linnie Guy of Berlin; Mrs. Blossie Cleghorn of Oklahoma City; one son, Lacey of Wichita, Kansas; five grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Millinton of Berlin; Mrs. Lydia Hay of Cheyenne; two brothers, David Bright of Elk City; and Claud Bright of Cheyenne.
To mourn his passing, he leaves nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pall bearers were Ray Barker, Harley Harrington, Fred Weiss, Clayton Thedford, Jess Harrington and John Klopenstein.
Committal will be in the Berlin cemetery, Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma with Moore Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
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