Daniel Stewart Berkey's Obituary
Daniel Stewart Berkey of Oakland, CA, died of leukemia on October 19, 2009 at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco. Dan was born on June 25, 1941 in New Brunswick, NJ. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Lehigh University in 1963, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. From 1963 to 1968, he was a captain in the United States Army. Dan served as a company commander in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal. He received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. Dan worked for Lipton Tea in New Jersey, the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, and United Gas Pipeline Company in Houston, TX. He and his wife moved to San Francisco in 1977, where he launched a financial services consulting company for small businesses, Berkey Associates, Inc. An Eagle Scout himself, Dan was an active parent and Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 6 in Berkeley; he also served on the vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church in Oakland as director of finance. He shared his love of camping, hiking, skiing and the outdoors with his family. Dan survived two battles with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2001 and 2003, a result of exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. A bone marrow transplant in 2003 gave him five additional years before cancer returned. Dan is survived by his wife, Ann Richardson Berkey, his daughter, Elizabeth Wellington Berkey and his son, William Cabot Berkey. Other surviving relatives include his brother-in-law, Thomas Latham Richardson of Sarasota, Florida; his brother, Richard Scott Berkey, Jr of Vienna, VA; and several aunts, nieces and nephews. Services are as follows: Visitation tonight, October 23, from 6-8pm at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland. The funeral will be held tomorrow, October 24, at 2pm at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1707 Gouldin Road, Oakland. Memorial gifts may be designated in Dan's name to The Aloha Foundation, Fairlee, Vermont or to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. https://www.alohafoundation.org/static/alohafoundation/giving.php https://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_donate?item_id=8072
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