Arizona republican., 1915-01-04
HELD IN ESTEEM
 IN HOME TOWN
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Messen- ger Testifies to the Rec ord and Citizenship of R. B. Berryhill, Who Died Here a Week Ago

i la, Messenger is evidence of the es- teem in which the late R. B. Berry hill was held in the town where he | was best known:
 R. [. Berrynili known famililarly to hundreds of Fort Dodge people as Bobby died at his home in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday morning at 9:OO after an illness of sixteen years with tIbeI culosis. Christmas cards were received Saturday from him by several friends here and pending definite news of the cause Of his death heart fail ure induced by tuberculosis is thought the cause
 The funeral Will be Gt Phoenix Fri day 1f'ernoon.
 Bobby" Berryhil came to Fort Dorge about 1888 after having been graduated from the engineering de- partment of the State University of Iowa He first became a bookkeeper for Platt Brothers Coal company in Central avenue and Third street.
 Perryhill first became identified with the news stand business shortly after he came here when he bought out G. E. Medearis, who shared the store room now occupied by The Mems Fashion Shop. with the postoffice. Here he built up one of the biggest business es in his line in the state.
 The deceased man was taken ill with typhoid fever which left him in such weakened condition that tuberculo sis ensued. He fought the dreaded disease steadfastly In 1900 he sold share of his business to Guy Rankin, now with Tremain X Rankin Auto company and later sold the remaining share to Mayor John F. Ford.
 Although a very ill man, Bobby" es- tablished news stand in Phoenix, the largest in Arizona He gradually de- veloped mail order business, the ex- tent of which was testified to by a twelve page advertisement in a Phoe- nix paper just before Christmas. For the past two years, Berryhill has man aged his business from his bed. In his beautiful home in Phoenix, MT. Berryhills married sister kept the house and a trained nurse attended constantly to his wants. During the summer, Borryhill mode his head 1 quarters in Los Angeles, where he had | the benefit of the cooling Pacific | hreezes Ee has employed nine clerks ] in his Phoenix store for some time and
 during the holidays, had eighteen peo-
 pie in his employ.
 Most Popular Man In Fort Dodge. i Berryhill was termed the most popu-
 lar man in Fort Dodge when he was 1 here. He was always good feller. and was one of the towns chief boost
 CTS. The present Berryhill company, althoug some changes have been made | in partnerships is the company he establishes R. M. Stevens of the R. M. I Stevens company and H. F. Peterson,
 were employed by Berryhill here and !! learned the business from him. Eerryhll belonged to several lodges. He was a Knight Templar. charter member of the local lodge of Elks, l and a Knight of Pythias. In his col lege days, he belonged to the Sigma Nu fraternity The deceased man was ] about fifty-two years of age. He was
 reared in Iowa City, where he was graduated from the high school about
 1884. He then attended the univer- sity.
 Both of his parents are dead. cousin, James G. Berryhill of Des Moines, and his sister in Phoenix are his only near relatives, so far as re- called here.
 Bobby was hoping to see several
 of his old friends from Fort Dodge
 when they go to the Panama Exposi- tion. R. NJ. Stevens was planning to
 visit him enroute to San Francisco as
 was H. 0. Baldwin. MT. Baldwin's brother-in- law. w H. Gaughan is working fer the Berryhill company in 1 Phoenix
 MT Berryhill visited Fort Dodge 1 four years ago At that time he was
 very weak and could talk only a short time without stopping to regain his strength. He tried to visit here three years ago, but came only as far as rolfav A n"-~ber of his friends went , there to see him
 When the news of his death became i kniwn in the business district this
 morning many exclamations of regret
 were heard Berryhills heroic fight 1 against the disease was mentioned
 and several of the incidents of his life
 here were recalled. George Wheeler. Dr. C. J. Saunders and many other prominent men of the city were his in