Bertha Berry

Bertha Elizabeth (Wikoff) Berry (1876–1954) was a nurse and the founder of the Berry Hospital in Ekalaka, Montana.

Early life Bertha Wikoff was born in Adams County, Ohio, to a family of French extraction. Her parents were Hosea and Anne Belle Wikoff. At age 21 Berry moved with her family to Chandler, Oklahoma Territory.

Berry Hospital Less than two years after beginning her studies, Bertha Berry purchased a large house in Ekalaka and opened the Berry Hospital, which was the first hospital to operate in Ekalaka. The Berry Hospital was primarily a maternity hospital, and was the only formal medical facility in the town until 1942, when the Dahl Memorial Hospital, now the Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association, was opened.

Death Charles Berry died in 1943, a year after the Berry Hospital closed its doors. Bertha Berry survived another 11 years, dying at age 77 in 1954.