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 The third child in
the Edna (Heiden) and Henry Berns' family was Doris Mayetta (Drake, Berns) Althoff who was born Friday, August 19, 1927 in Toledo,
Ohio. Doris was the daughter of Alonzo and Verna May Drake. Verna was the older sister of Edna's brother-in-law, Virgil "Charlie" Fuller. The Drakes were unable to maintain a home for their three children
during the Great Depression so Henry and Edna took Doris into their family and adopted her.
 On August 9, 1947, she married Gerhardt Althoff in a ceremony at
St
Matthew Lutheran Church. They had four children. Doris was killed in an automobile accident on Lewis Avenue just north of Ida, Michigan on Sunday, December 27, 1964. She is buried at
St
Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery. Doris was 37 years old at the time of
her death. Gerhardt was born Wednesday, December 12, 1917 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He died on Monday, November 11, 1991 in Kerrville, Texas at the age of 73. Gerhardt is buried in Fort Sam Houston Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. |
