From  Rick Berkheiser

"The South Bend Tribune", Wednesday Evening, June 9, 1954

Mrs. Martha F. Berkheiser.

     Mrs. Martha F. Berkheiser, 305 E. Fairview St., died in Osteopathic Hospital at 5 a. m. today.  She had been ill since Nov. 1953. Born in South Bend Oct. 11, 1881, Mrs. Berkheiser lived here and in Michigan City, Ind., all her life.  On June 29, 1904, in South Bend, she was married to Allen Oliver Berkheiser, who died Dec. 8, 1945.  She leaves two daughters, Mrs. A. George Dieske, South Bend, and W. A. Goehner, Elkhart, Ind.;  three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren;  a brother, Sam Lipeska, South Bend, and two sisters, Mrs. August Kopper and Mrs. Harry Dreher, both of South Bend.  Friends may call after 7 p. m. today in the Orvis Funeral Home.  Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Friday in St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church.  The body will lie in the church from 12:30 p. m. Rev. Kenneth L. Kuebler, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.  Mrs. Berkheiser was a member of St. Peter's Church, the church's Women's Guild and the James A. Mount Auxilliary, Spanish-American War Veterans, Mishawaka.

"The South Bend Tribune", Thursday Evening, June 10, 1954

     BERKHEISER-Pallberarers for the funeral of Mrs. Martha F. Berkheiser, 305 E. Fairview St., at 2:30 p. m. Friday in St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church, will be Dr. Edward M. Lipestka, Raymond Engel, Mourice Land, Harold Dreher, Karl Berkheiser and Roy Knapp Jr.