BLANCHE R. BERKEY & KENNY B. MERICLE
MASTER PHOTO & DOCUMENT INDEX BELOW LIST LINKS PAGE
(ALSO, BECKLEY & BERKEY FAMILIES)
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(MOST RECENT, FIRST)
WELCOME
~~~~Update:June 30, 2014~~~~
CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES & MANY FRIENDS OF:
BLANCHE RONETTE (BERKEY) MERICLE
Please Click here to VIEW the Berkey, Beckley, Wright & Mericle Register Page
Blanches Family Albums, Photos,
and her K.F.O.C.I.
& her Rosie-The-Riverter,
LIST of Photo Files Link:
Please Click the Highlighted Link
---> Mericle-Berkey-Beckley-Master-Photo-Files.html
VIEW the Berkey, Beckley, Wright & Mericle
Family Trees Page (Register Gen. Format)
****NEW****
BLANCHE R. BERKEY MERICLE's FINAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE - TRIBUTE on June 21, 2014 -->
Please View the VIDEO SLIDESHOW <-- by Clicking here
(Note: This video may take a while to start for buffering as it's 255,000 MB's and it may start in, Firefox with your own Default, Video Player, or, in Windows Explorer, this video may go Automatically to Quicktime Player, and plays either in a small window or if you wish to go to "full screen" option. Also, you may wish to change your volume to diff. sections of this Video. Enjoy The Tributes! Note: One video was corrupted and I have recovered it on Audio Only, and it's about Gilbert Chesney's Tribute & Condolences to the Families of Blanche from the National K.F.O.C.I. and they will have a Special Toast to her at end of this Year's Annual Show out in WA, also, Gilbert is from the Ypsilanti Auto Heritage Museum, in Ypsilanti, MI nearby, Next you will hear from Donnaleen Lanktree, (the A.R.R.A. American Rosie-The-Riveter, National Past-President) and her delivery of the Annual Conv. Association's, recent Tributes to the Rosie's that have passed-on, this year, by giving the Family, via Nephew, John E. Hoyt a White Rose, in name of Blanche, and also the Plaque at Yankee Air Museum will not be forgotten as her name was installed on this Plaque, back in June of 2013..) The Family hopes you will ENJOY this video of that day and of the photos that are old to recent!!
Please Visit the websites below or the Locations... http://www.ypsiautoheritage.org/ |
Blanche Ronette (Berkey) Mericle Obituary
Blanche R. Mericle Blanche R. Mericle Blanche Ronette Mericle, age 96, passed away Friday, January 3, 2014 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. She was born Saturday October 6, 1917 in Windber, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Miles & Laura (Beckley) Berkey. She has been a Belleville resident for 70 years. She was a member of the Myrtle Lodge Eastern Star, Manager of the Seaway Region Kaiser Frazer Owner Club for 38 years. Blanche was one of three women who was known as Rosie The Riveter at Willow Run Bomber Plant Factory. She is survived by son-in-law Mark (Melissa) Dierks of Huntersville, North Carolina, neighbor David (Carolyn) Hildebrand of Belleville, Michigan, and special friend Keith Kriener of Niles, Michigan, sister-in-law, Helena Mericle & Pete Phetteplace of Ignacio, CO, niece, Hope P. & William Gregg of Fort Collins, CO, and 3 nephews, Paul J & Meta Hoyt of Newport News, VA, Don & Charlene Hoyt of Apopka, FL and John & Barbara Hoyt of Rockford, MI, and niece, Judy Hoyt of Tucson, AZ. Many thanks to all that helped Blanche. She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Bernard, daughter Loralee, and two brothers. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 7, 2014 from 4-7 P. M. followed by a funeral service at David C. Brown Temporary Viewing Chapel, 500 E. Huron River Drive, Belleville, Michigan with Pastor David Hildebrand officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Feed the Children Please sign her on-line guestbook and share a memory for her family to cherish. NOTE: At 10:30 am, on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014, Blanche Mericle's body was BURIED today, next to her husband, Kenny Mericle and next to them is their lovely daughter, Loralee Ann Mericle. Officiating the Service was pastor neighbor & friends, David Hildebrand & wife, Carolyn. Family members present were; Blanche's son-in-law. Mark Dierks, and Nephew, Dr. Donald E. Hoyt, and Keith Kriener, a long-time friend & assistant with Blanche's Kaiser Car's & Club's. (-JEHoyt per phone call from brother Don). You can view her Kaiser Cars at Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, Depot Town, Ypsilanti, MI ^(Blanche's Death Certificate is now shown above Cemetery Section of this page, click image to view larger image) |
* Due to the weather at this particular time, the Relatives & Friends may hold a Celebration of Life for Blanche at a later date.
Blanche will be missed by so many people as she was involved in so many activities throughout her life. Her surviving family member's
know that she went to be with the Lord with her Daughter, Loralee & husband, Kenny Mericle, which she do dearly loved the both of them,
and surely missed them both!!
1) Please Click the lines in which you wish to View the Album & Loose Photos, youwill be directed to a Thumbnail Photo Page, 2) and then Click onto the Thumbnails to View the Larger Images, located at top of each enlargened image page, Click the NEXT or PREV to Navigate) Most of Enjoy!! You can download or View these scanned image pages of the many Albums.. Family members can View the Docs & Papers as well, of Blanches Families of the Berkey (fathers) & Beckley(mothers) side.. |
(Here's the List of Folderrs that are grouped by Mericle
Family Names &/or KFOCI & Other Shows or meets.
Note: many of the family folders have Auto Shows included in them, just as the KFOCI Car Club Show Folders would have Family Photos, too)
(Also the Family groups of folders numbered, 1) through 33,) plus other folders, are near the bottom, for the Mericle Families Members)
35) Blanche_Kenny_Charlotte-NC_Auto-Fair_1993
36) Blanche-Berkey-Mericle_Documents_Letters_Articles
37) Blanche-Kenny_Ormond-Beach-FL_Dec-1992
38) Blanche-Kenny_Sm-Album_c1980-90s_04_01
42) Blanche-Kenny_Visit_Loralee-Mark_1993
43) Blanche-Kenny-Loralee_Mark_Sm-Photo-Album_c1980-90s_01
44) Blanche-Kenny-Loralee_Mark_Sm-Photo-Album_c1980-90s_02
45) Blanche-Kenny-Loralee_Mark_Sm-Photo-Album_c1980-90s_03
46) Blanche-Kenny-Loralee_Mark_Sm-Photo-Packs-Misc_c1990s_04
47) Blanche-Kenny-Loralee_Sm-Brown-Photo-Album_c1990-2010s_05
48) Blanche-Kenny-Loralee-Mericle_Loose-Photos
49) Blanche-Kenny-Mericle_Letters
50) Blanche-Kenny-Mericle_Mericle-Family-Loose-Photos
51) Blanche-Kenny-Mericle_Post-Cards-Completed
52) Blanche-Kenny-Mericle_Post-Cards-Unused
53) Blanche-Mericle_ARRA-Rosies_Grosse-Ill_2010
54) Blanche-Mericle_Automotive_Hall-of-Fame_10-12-2011
55) Blanche-Mericle_Baby-Jack_Family-Dierks-Photos_2008-2013
56) Blanche-Mericle_Dierks_Photo-Pkgs-1
57) Blanche-Mericle_Dierks_Photo-Pkgs-3-1997
58) Blanche-Mericle_Families-Dierks-Mericle-Hoyts
59) Blanche-Mericle_Framed-Portraits
60) Blanche-Mericle_Funeral-Burial_01-08-2014_Videos_Photos
(These video's can be viewed at their thumbnail page)
61) Blanche-Mericle_Guenther-Family-Photos_101
62) Blanche-Mericle_Misc_Photos_Videos_Kaiser-Cars_VHS-CDs
(These video's can be viewed at their thumbnail page)
63) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_01
64) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_02
65) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_03
66) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_04
67) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_05_90th-Anniv_2007
68) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_06_Guenthers_TX-KFOCI_2010
69) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_07_Guenthers_Misc_2011
70) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_08_Seaway_Guenther-Wedding
71) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_09_BW-Vase_2010_NC_2009
72) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_10_Blue-Angels_W-R_MI_1993
73) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkgs-2_May-8-1997
74) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkgs-4_Aug-2-1997
75) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkgs-5_Sep-13-1997
76) Blanche-Mericle_Red-Album_2012-13
78) Blanche-Mericle_Ypsilanti-Auto-Heritage-Museum_White-Album_2007
79) Kaiser-Frazer_Docs_letters_Photos_Misc
80) Kaiser-Frazer_KFOCI_Seaway-Newsletters_Misc
81) Kaiser-Motors_UAW-Retirement-Party_1985
82) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Albuquerque-NM_July-1993
83) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Atlanta-GA_and-York-PA-Shows
84)KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Burlington_OH_1982
85) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Charlotte-NC-Auto-Fair_1993
86) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Dallas-TX_1985
87) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Flagstaff-AZ_2005
88) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Fredrick-MD_July-1987
89) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Long-Beach-CA_1989
90) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Manitowac_WI_Holiday-Inn_1988
91) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_MO_L-B_Myrtle-Beach_1998
92) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_MO_St-Louis_NC_Jul-1998
93) OCI_Nat-Conv_New-Braunfels-TX_June-1992
94) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Ormond-Beach-FL_1989
95) KFOCI_Nat-Conv_Ormond-Beach-FL_1992
144) Motor-Muster_Hesses-MI_(?)_1987
96) KFOCI_Seaway_Dierks-NC_Belleville_1995
97) KFOCI_Seaway_Dierks-NC_Belleville_1995
98) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_1984
99) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_1985
100) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_1989
101) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_1993
102) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_1994
103) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_1995_Old-Family-Pics
104) KFOCI_Seaway_Monroe-MI_2010-possible
105) KFOCI_Seaway_Port-Clinton-OH_1981_Bill-Kaiser
106) KFOCI_Seaway_Port-Clinton-OH_1992
107) KFOCI_Seaway_Port-Clinton-OH_1993
108) KFOCI_Seaway_Port-Clinton-OH_1996
109) KFOCI_Seaway_Port-Clinton-OH_2011
110) KFOCI_Seaway_Port-Clinton-OH_Dierks_NC_1995
111) Loralee_Ann_Mericle_Documents_Letters
112) Loralee_Ann_Mericle_Young-Life-Photos
113) Loralee_Last_Blue-Album_A_2006
114) Loralee_Last_Blue-Album_B_2006
115) Loralee-Ann-Mericle_White-Gold-Childhood-Album
116) Loralee-Dierks_B-K_NC_Dec-1992
117) Loralee-Dierks_Home_Dog-Pics_NC_1987
118) Loralee-Dierks_Mericles_Loose-Photos
119) Loralee-Mark_Blanche-Kenny_Loose-Photos
120) Loralee-Mark_Early-Christmas_Misc_1990
121) Loralee-Mark-Dierks_NC_1994_Biltmore_1995
122) Loralee-Mericle_Ballet_LG-School-Pictures
123) Loralees_Brown-Album_Trips-South_1990
124) Loralees_Flower-Album_Dierks-Home-NC_1997
125) Loralees_Light-Green-Album_MI_June-1986
126) Loralees_Old-Car-Photo-Album_1986
127) Loralees_Orange-Album_NC_Triplett_1990
128) Loralees_Painted-Flower-Album_Family-1940-70s
129) Loralees_Paisley-Album_NM_NC_Wedding_1996
130) Loralees_Pasley-Album_Christmas_1995
131) Loralees-Red-Album_NC_Ks-74th-B-day_1989
132) Loralees-Sm-White-Album_Belleville-Trip_1994
133) Loralees-Wedding-Graduation_Misc
134) Mericle_Angelic-Headstones-Hillside-Cem
135) Mericle_Family_Bellman_Hoyt_JD-Cora_Elmer-Charlotte
136) Mericle_Family-Lg-Brown-Photo-Album_1940s-1970s
137) Mericle_Family-Lg-Green-Photo-Album_1940s-1960s_A
138) Mericle_Family-Lg-Green-Photo-Album_1940s-1960s_B
139) Mericle_House_Photo-Files
140) Mericle_Hoyt_Watkins-Deal_Photos_Letters
141) Mericle_Kasier-Frazer_Family-Photos-Loose
142) Mericle-Black-Album_Car-Shows_2001-2002
143) Mericle-Family_Brown-Thin-Album_1970s
****NEW**** (August, 2018)
PLUS
*Courtesy of Nathan Bomey - nbomey@usatoday.com
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Family History Items for the Mericle Families, etc..
1) Berkey-Arabelle-Wright-Willis_A-True-Story-Booklet
2) Berkey-Arabelle-Wright-Willis_A-True-Story-Booklet
03) Beckley-Berkey_Laura-Edith_Scrapbook-Letters_Docs_PostCards
04) Beckley-Berkey_Bibles-Books-Misc
05) Beckley-Berkey_Letters-Cards-Family
06) Berkey_Beckley_Mericle_Photos-Misc
07Berkey_Personal-Documents
08) Berkey-Scrapbook_1900-46
09) Berkey-PostCard-Packets
10) Berkey-Post-Cards-01_Completed
11) Berkey-Post-Cards-02_Completed
12) Beckley-Wright_Photos-Loose_Docs
*** NEW*** 13) Berkey_Jackson_K-F-Misc-Cars_Family-Album_c1975-1990.html
as of 09-30/2014
14) Berkey_Jackson_Navy-Discharge-Papers_US-Bonds
15) Berkey_Jackson-Lucille-Jacqueline_Funeral-Album
16) Berkey_Jackson-Miles_Loose-Photos-Docs
17) Berkey_Jackson-Miles_Personal-Items_Wallet-Last-Days_Docs
18) Berkey_Jackson-Miles_Railroad_Magazines-Books-Items
19)
Berkey_Jacqueline_Documents_Birth-Certificate_Photos
21) Berkey_Miles-Augustus_Loose-Photos
22) Berkey_Miles-Augustus_Personal-Items_Docs
23) Berkey_Nelson-Robert_Loose-Photos
24) Berkey_Nelson-Robert_Ruth-Hawk-Berkey_Personal-Items-Docs
25) Berkey_Ratz-Family-Photos-Cards-Misc
29) Berkey-Beckley_Framed-Portraits
- (See-digital camera photos below list, as too Large for Scanner_JEH)
30) Berkey-Beckley_Loose-Photos
31) Berkey-Beckley_Misc-Photos-Letters-Cards
32) Berkey-Jackson_Ypsilanti_S-W_B-day_Mar-1992
33) Berkey-Mericle_Brown-Family-Album
34) Berkey-Mericle_House-Hold-Personal-Jewelry-Misc
39) Blanche-Kenny_Visit_Gerry-Bellman_May-1993
40) Blanche-Kenny_Visit_Gerry-Bellman_Oct-1992
41) Blanche-Kenny_Visit_Gerry-Bellman-B-Day_1993
71) Blanche-Mericle_Photo-Pkg_09_BW-Vase_2010_NC_2009
77) Funeral-Burial-Photos_Gerry-Deal-Brondige_Oct-1993
Photo Folders for the Mericle/Berkey/Beckley items from Blanche's home
(Household Items brought back by Nephew John E. Hoyt to be Inventoried)
(JEHoyt - Used Digital Camera & Digital Scanner to open the boxes and for large items, large portraits - digital camera was used)
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