WEST SALEM – Susan Ilene BERRY, 45, of West Salem, passed away surrounded by family, friends and loved ones on Monday, February 27, 2012 at the Cleveland Clinic. Heaven got a little brighter when Susan went home to walk with the Lord after a courageous 3 year battle with cancer.
She was born October 5, 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas, the adopted daughter of Milferd Leland and Marilyn Eve Flaming Schmidt.
Susan was a 1985 graduate of Goessel High School, Goessel, Kansas and a 1987 graduate of Hesston College. She was employed by her second family at United Titanium in Wooster. She attended the Mohican Church of the Brethren and was an associate member of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Gossel, Kansas which she grew up in. Susan enjoyed gardening, tending to her flower beds, arranging flowers, cooking and spending time with family, especially the kids. She was so proud of her children and had an overwhelming love for them. The highlight of every year was the Wayne Co.. Fair.
She married Bruce Berry on May 9, 1992 who survives and by her parents of Canton, Kansas; a son, Zachary Berry and a daughter Jadeyn Berry, brothers, Loren Schmidt of Canton, Kansas and Jason Davis of El Dorado Springs, Missouri and a sister, Anne Burch of Goessel, Kansas.
Friends will be received at the McIntire, Bradham & Sleek Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster on Thursday evening, March 1, 2012 from 5-8:00 p.m.
Services will be held on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mohican Church of the Brethren, 7759 N. Elyria Rd., W. Salem with Pastor Paul Bartholomew officiating. Burial will follow in the Mohican Church Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the Northwestern FFA, c/o Northwestern High School, 7572 N. Elyria Rd., West Salem, OH 44287 or to the Mohican Church of the Brethren, 7759 N. Elyria Rd., W. Salem, OH 44287.

Memorial Contributions
Northwestern FFA, c/o Northwestern High School, 7572 N. Elyria Rd., West Salem, OH 44287 or tto the Mohican Church of the Brethren, 7759 N. Elyria Rd., West Salem, OH 44287

Service
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mohican Church of the Brethren

Visitation
Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 5-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home