Then a few years ago, Berry decided too many years had passed and he turned homeward for retirement in Pittsburg. But he refused to remain idle. He turned to working with young folks and speaking engagements until his voice failed him. Even then, he continued his exercise programs, golfing and just meeting his old friends. Berry's memberships included the First Christian Church, Twentieth Century Sunday School class, the Pittsburg Masonic Blue Lodge, the Scottish Rite Masons of Fort Scott, Mirza Shrine, Mirza Patrol, Mirza Shrine Club and the Elks Lodge.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The body is at the Brenner Mortuary. From The Pittsburg Headlight-Sun Newspaper, July 24, 1973. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery with Masonic gravesite rites.