Nov. 12, 1923 – March 27, 2018

Helen M. Berry, 94, of Dowagiac, formerly of Niles, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac.

Helen was born on Nov. 12, 1923, to Louis and Ilah M. (Curtis) Owen in Niles.

Helen was married to the former Victor Dean Kennedy for 22 years. Together they raised five children. She married the former Richard Berry and they celebrated five years of marriage.

Helen was known as a hard worker and being very independent. She worked up into her seventies. In her free time, she enjoyed dancing and playing bingo. Helen was an avid Elvis fan. Most of all she loved her family. They were all very important to her, but her most treasured moments were spent with her grandchildren.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Victor Dean Kennedy and Richard Berry, as well as all of her siblings.

She is survived by her five children, Bennie Bresette, of Dowagiac, Dorothy Linville, of South Carolina, Michael (Julie) Kennedy, of Niles, Victoria Kennedy, of Otsego and Helen (Jim) Pellegrini, of Niles; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. March 31, 2018,  at Coulter’s Chapel Church of God, 3176 E. Detroit Road, Niles with Pastor David Frazier officiating.

Memorial donations may be made to breast cancer research or to Coulter’s Chapel Church of God.

Condolences, photos, and memories may be left for Helen’s family at BrownFuneralHomeNiles.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home, Niles.