Bennie (Ben) Earl Berkley, peacefully passed away at the age of 75 on November 17, 2017 surrounded by his family in Bellevue, WA. Ben was born in Weatherford, TX to Benjamin William & Rose Earline Berkley on 8/9/42. On October 6, 1962 he married the love of his life Janice Marie Rohr of Hays, KS in California. Ben also served his country as his father and younger brother did, in the U.S. Navy from 1959-1963.
Our Father had a passion for sports, but what he was most passionate about was his wife and spending time with his family. He was very involved in all of his children's sporting ventures while they were growing up and that passion only grew as his grandchildren got into sports. He and our Mother were constant spectators at all sporting events/activities that their grandchildren were apart of and there was nothing that made him more proud then watching them. The one thing that all of us kids and grandchildren knew that he was the constant coach and sporting events will never be the same without him.
Ben is survived by his wife, Janice of Bellevue, WA; his daughters, Shannon Oyer (Gordon) of Federal Way, WA and Laura Dark (Jeff) of Bellevue, WA; his son, Brian Berkley (Lisa) of Olympia, WA; his brother Troy Berkley (Pam) of Denver, CO; his sister, Carolyn White of North Richland Hills, TX; his six grandchildren, Kevin Oyer, Brett Oyer, Taylor Berkley, Drew Berkley, Abby Dark and Gunnar Dark.
Our entire family would like to thank the doctors and nurses at the Overlake Cardiology Clinic and the Snoqualmie NW Kidney Center for all of the care they provided to him.
A celebration Mass for Ben's life will take place at Our Lady of Sorrows in Snoqualmie, WA on Saturday, December 9th at 11AM. Reception to immediately follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Northwest Kidney Center www.nwkidney.org or the American Heart Association https://donatenow.heart.org in our father's name.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I have so many great memories of Ben and your family growing up in Kirkland.
Our sincere condolences to your family. - Carol & Mike Russell (Winston & Amelia)
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