 1915 - 2014 (99 years)
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| Name |
Byrdie Rosetta Atwood |
| Born |
2 Feb 1915 |
Greenville, Michigan, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
18 Feb 2014 |
| Buried |
Rockford Cemetery, Rockford, Kent County, Michigan, United States |
| Person ID |
I01333 |
Family Tree | Byers Side of My Family |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Father |
George Richard Atwood, b. 2 Jul 1881, Reed City, Michigan, USA , d. 25 Nov 1972, Clearwater, Florida, USA (Age 91 years) |
| Mother |
Frances Pearl Perry, b. 4 Mar 1890, Powassan, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Nov 1961, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
30 Jan 1905 |
Newkirk Township, Michigan, USA |
| Divorced |
Yes |
| Family ID |
F0327 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Perry Sisters
Rhoda Annah (Perry) King, Ethel Maud (Perry) Smith, Pearl (Perry) Atwood, Byrdie Atwood, Daniel King |
 | Byrdie Sarkees
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 | Pearl Atwood with daughters Violet and Byrdie.
Violet Williams, Pearl Atwood, Byrdie Sarkees |
 | Francis Pearl Atwood with her five surviving children a short while before she died.
l-r: Violet Armstrong, Glen Atwood, Byrdie Sarkees, Pearl Atwood, Gladys Armstrong, Clifford Atwood. |
 | Fred & Byrdie Sarkees
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 | Atwood Family
Back row L to R: Lillian Dunn Atwood, Byrdie Atwood Sarkees, Millie Atwood (George's wife) Grace Treece Atwood (Glenn's wife)
Front row: L to R: Fred Sarkees, Clifford Atwood, and Glenn Atwood. |
 | Atwood Family
Children of George & Pearl Atwood.
L-R: Gladys, Glenn, Violet, Clifford and Byrdie. Taken sometime after Roy's death. |
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| Notes |
- Byrdie Rosetta (Atwood) Sarkees passed away on February 18, 2014, at the age of 99. Byrdie was the fifth child born to Frances Pearl Perry and George Richard Atwood on February 2, 1915 in Greenville, Michigan. Byrdie's mom joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1913 and Byrdie was baptized when she was nine years old. Byrdie enjoyed her association with the members of the church all her life. The Missionaries were always welcome in the Atwood home. When Byrdie was 22 years old she met and married the love of her life, Fred Sarkees. On September 9, 1937 Fred and Byrdie eloped and were married in Indiana. They enjoyed traveling the United States together with family and friends. In 1946 Fred and Byrdie purchased a dry-cleaning business in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For the next twenty-six years they worked sided by side. Working on alterations in the dry-cleaning business, Byrdie learned to sew. She discovered she liked sewing and became an expert seamstress. During the time they lived in the Grand Rapids area, Byrdie belonged to several bowling leagues. She loved to cook Syrian foods and enjoyed entertaining family and friends and playing cards. Byrdie and Fred sold the business and moved to Vero Beach, Florida, where they lived for twenty-eight years. With the warm weather the year round in Florida, Byrdie could most often be found working in her flower gardens around her home. Byrdie and Fred moved back to Grand Rapids shortly before Fred passed away on September 1, 1999 after 62 years of marriage. Byrdie's nearest living relatives consist of; sisters-in-law Lillian Atwood and Wedad Sarkees Lambert; Byrdie also leaves many second generation nieces and nephews. To mourn her loss she also leaves a lifelong friend Adel Wise. Those immediate family members who preceded Byrdie in death were her husband, Fred; her mother and father; brothers, Glen, Roy and Cliff; sisters, Violet and Gladys; nephews, Richard Armstrong and Harold Streeter; nieces Barbara Armstrong and Pauline Streeter. Funeral service for Byrdie will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2014 at Pederson Funeral Home, 127 N. Monroe Street, Rockford, MI 49341. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service. Interment will be next to Fred in the Rockford Cemetery. Those wishing an expression of sympathy are asked to consider Hospice of Michigan, Donations Processing Center, 989 Spaulding Ave., SE, Ada, MI 49301.
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