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Notable Mississippi River expert L T Berthe dies in Cairo
Rites were held at the Methodist church in Charleston for L T Berthe a longtime river flood control authority who died in a Cairo hospital January 5 after an eight month illness. He served as engineer for Scott County Levee Districts and helped design Charleston sewer and street systems. Survivors include his wife Ramona Berthe and children Celia Susan Berthe and Charles J Berthe among others. He was 73 and a former US Army engineer.
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Charleston
L. T. Berthe
Cairo
J. C. Montgomery
A. B. Cooper
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Masonic Order
Berthe
Mississippi County
Winona
Minn
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Drury College
Springfield
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
American Society of Civil Engineers
Third United States Volunteer Engineers’ Association
Havana
Cuba
Ramona Infante
Scott County
Missippi County
Mississippi
Sikeston
Ramona Berthe
Charles J. Berthe
Celia Berthe
Walter Lucas
Susan Berthe
St. Louis
Earl Wheat
F. N. Calkin
San Diego
Cal