Reta Luella (Berkey) Chaney, 100, formerly of Sterling, died Aug. 16, 2010, in Berthoud. Closed casket services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home, with the Rev. Norman Long officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery.

She was born Aug. 6, 1910, in Platte, S.D., to Ira D. and Minnie (Smith) Berkey. The family moved to Colorado in January 1911 to a homestead 16 miles south of Haxtun. They lived in a sod house until 1917, when they moved to a farm 2 3/4 miles east of Haxtun.
Mrs. Chaney graduated from Philorado Grade School in 1925 and from Haxtun High School in 1929. In 1933, she graduated from Omaha, Neb., Methodist Hospital School of Nursing.

She married Lewis Wayne Chaney March 1, 1934. They had three children: JoAnne, Kay and L. Wayne Jr.
Mrs. Chaney moved to Sterling in 1964, where she worked at Logan County Hospital until retiring in 1975.

She has been a resident of the Berthoud Living Center since September 2007.

She is survived by her daughter, JoAnne King and husband Ed of Tucson, Ariz.; son, L. Wayne Chaney and wife Naomi of Berthoud; son-in-law, Norman Long of Ypsilanti, Mich.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Chaney was preceded in death by her daughter, Kay Long; and brother, Delbert D. Berkey.
In lieu of flowers, send remembrances to Denver Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 5206, Denver, CO 80217-9613.