Irving K. "Ike" Berry
Marriages
Gail Brawley
2nd wife
Aime Nicolas - 1957
1st wife - died in 1982
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6A - January 18, 2023
Tuesday, January 3, 2023,
Ike Berry’s prayer to go
home was answered. He
died peacefully at home
near his loving wife, Gail.
On January 18, 1932, Ike
was born at home to Charles
and Nina Berry in Cimarron, Colorado. He grew up on
the family ranch riding horses, sledding down Cerro
Summit, and playing practical jokes as opportunities
arose. Later in life, Ike could be found at the Cimarron
Cemetery weeding and making improvements. It was
important to him for the world to know whom and what
made Cimarron the beautiful place it is.
In 1951, Ike joined the Air Force and served in the
Korean War. Returning to Colorado, he married Aime
Nicolas in 1957. The couple brought three children into
the world, Charollette, Tom, and AimeMarie. Sadly, his
wife Aime died in 1982 leaving Ike to raise AimeMarie
with the help of Linda Berry. Ike supported his family
as a heavy equipment demonstrator and truck driver
during the Uranium Boom. In the mid ’60s, he started a
career with the Colorado Department of Highways that
lasted over 20 years.
Throughout Ike’s life he was an avid horseman. Early
on he rode horses, but later preferred mules. It was
through this hobby that he met and later married Gail
Brawley, who remained faithfully by his side for the
remainder of his life.
Ike’s relationship with horses enriched others. Ike
used horses as therapy and entertainment for people
with disabilities, to bring joy to small children and the
elderly, and to find his serenity in life.
Ike was preceded in death by his parents, Charles
and Nina Berry; his brother, Lester Berry; his sisters,
Inez Kralicek, Edith Dunn, and Ethel Benson; and his
daughter, Aime Marie Brown. He is survived by his wife,
Gail Brawley; his brother, Henry Berry (Mae); son, Tom
Berry (Penny); daughter, Charollette Anderson (Dick);
daughter, Hannah Shields (Alan Smith); son-in-law Ken
Berry (AimeMarie); and numerous grandchildren, great
grandchildren, and great, great grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life will be held on January 21,
2023, at 1:00 PM at the New Haven Church in Palisade,
Colorado.
Crippin Funeral Home is assisting Mr. Berry’s family.
