Published: May 08, 2008 09:33 am         

John G. "Jack" Berkenbaugh [Huntington]

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - John Gerald "Jack" Berkenbaugh, 80, Huntington, passed away on May 6, 2008 at Hospice of Huntington after a short illness.

Born in Cumberland, Md., on Aug. 10, 1927, he was the son of the late John Earl Berkenbaugh and Helen Docherty Berkenbaugh. He was preceded in death by his wife, Emiline Ruth.

Jack attended both LaSalle and Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, was a former employee of Kelly Springfield Tire Company and a long time member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cumberland. He served on the U.S.S. PH. Burnett IX 104 during World War II and was an avid ham radio operator.

Surviving are one daughter, Carol Ann and husband Michael McAteer of Lakewood, Colo.; one son, John William Berkenbaugh and wife Linda of Barboursville, W.Va.; three grandchildren, Ryan McAteer of Lakewood, Jason Berkenbaugh and wife Andrea and Dana Thornberry and husband Tennyson, all of Barboursville; and six great grandchildren, Tyler and Emily Alexander, Hannah, Braxton and Kennedi Thornberry and Isaiah Berkenbaugh, all of Barboursville, W.Va.

Friends will be received at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville, on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 1 p.m. with Pastor Mark Finley officiating.

Interment will be conducted at Ridgelawn Memorial Park, Huntington.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of Huntington, P.O. Box 464, Huntington, WV 25709.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at timeformemory.com/wallace.