Berres, Raymond b. 31 Aug 1907 Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA d. 1 Feb 2007: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1907 - 2007 (99 years) Has 4 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

Name	Berres, Raymond [1]
Born	31 Aug 1907	Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA [1]
Gender	Male
1920 Census	1920	Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
ward 6 page 20B
Listed living with his parent s, age 12
Occupation	Between 1934 and 1945
Professional Baseball Player
Name: Ray Berres Birth name: Raymond Frederick Berres Birth place: Wisconsin, United States Birth year: 1907 Height: 5'9" Weight: 170 lbs. First game date: 24 Apr 1934 Final game date: 30 Sep 1945 Bats: Right Throws: Right
Occupation	Between 1949 and 1969
Professional Baseball Pitching Coach
Professional Baseball Pitching Coach
News Mention	Abt 1960
Berres, Ray
	Berres, Ray 1960 White Sox News
News Mention	Abt Dec 1997
Berres, Ray
	Berres, Ray News
Same Person Link	1 Feb 2007
Online Info at Wikipedia - Raymond Berres
Died	1 Feb 2007
Obituary	Aft 1 Feb 2007
Major League Baseball Player. Born Raymond Frederick Berres, he was a catcher for eleven seasons (1934, 1936 to 1945) with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves and New York Giants. His best offensive year was in 1936 when he had 64 hits with a .240 batting average. After retiring as a player, Berres was a pitching coach for twenty seasons (1949 to 1966, 1968 to 1969) with the Chicago White Sox. At the time of his death, Berres was the second oldest living former major league player. In 561 career games, he had 287 hits with a .216 lifetime batting average. He died of complications from pneumonia.
Obituary	Aft 1 Feb 2007
Raymond F. Berres, age 99, a resident of St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, died on Thursday (February 1, 2007) at United Hospital Systems - Kenosha Campus of heart failure and pneumonia. Born on August 21, 1907 in Kenosha, he was the youngest child of Johann and Margaret (Scholey) Berres of Kenosha. He attended St. George School in Kenosha and Pio Nono High School in Milwaukee. His entire working life was in professional baseball. His extensive career included 11 playing years in the major leagues as a catcher. In 1934 and 1936 he was with Brooklyn (NL), from 1937 through 1940 with Pittsburgh (NL), in 1940 and 1941 with Boston (NL), and from 1942 through 1945 with New York (NL). In 1946 he was the manager of the Richmond, Virginia baseball club in the Piedmont League. In 1947 he was with Boston (NL) and then the Milwaukee Brewers (AAA - American Association) as a player-coach. In 1948 he became the pitching coach of the Chicago White Sox, a position he held until 1966 (including for the AL pennant year 1959), and again in 1968 and in 1969. In 1999 he was inducted into the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2003 into the Wisconsin Old Timer's Baseball Hall of Fame. At the time of his death he had been the oldest surviving National League player and the second oldest surviving major league baseball player. On July 27, 1940 he married Irma Ludwig of Kenosha in Newton Center, Massachusetts. They resided for many years in Silver Lake Wisconsin, and later in Twin Lakes Wisconsin. They had one child, a son, John Raymond Berres of Arlington, Virginia who survives him. He was preceded in death by his wife on May 8, 2003, his sisters, Theresa Weiss, Margaret Berres and Cecilia Berres of Kenosha, and Laura Nelson of Sycamore, Illinois, and by his brothers Mathias Berres and Leo Berres, also of Kenosha.
Obituary	Aft 1 Feb 2007
Longtime Chi Sox pitching coach Berres dies Last Update: Feb 2, 2007 4:30 PM Former Chicago White Sox pitching coach Ray Berres passed away on Thursday after suffering from heart failure and pneumonia.Berres was the pitching coach from 1949-66 and again in 1969 and served under seven different managers, including Paul Richards, Marty Marion and Al Lopez. He worked with a number of White Sox hurlers with their mechanics, most notably Early Winn, Tommy John, Hoyt Wilhelm. Dick Donovan and Eddie Fisher. Berres was a catcher with the Dodgers (1934, 1936), Pirates (1937-40), Braves (1940-41) and Giants (1942-45). Berres, 99, was thought to be the second-oldest living major league player behind St. Louis Browns pitcher Rollie Stiles (100). He is survived by his son, John. Born: August 21, 1907 Died: February 01, 2007 Services: Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 9:15 AM from the Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 4804 - 7th Avenue. Interment will follow in St. George Cemetery. Visitation: A visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 6th from 4:00 until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider memorial remembrances to either St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 9244 - 29th Avenue, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158, or The LaSalette Fathers, 10330 - 336th Avenue, Twin Lakes, WI 53181. Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Home 3720 39th Avenue Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144 262-658-4101
Buried	St. George Catholic Cemetery, Kenosha, Wisconsin
	Berres, Raymond St. George Catholic Cemetery, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Person ID	I598	1FamilyTree
Last Modified	13 Mar 2017

Father	Berres, John, b. 16 Jul 1861, Mosel, , Sachsen, Germany , d. 19 Mar 1923 (Age 61 years)
Mother	Scholey, Margaret, b. 8 May 1869, , , Wisconsin, USA , d. 14 May 1949 (Age 80 years)
Family ID	F289	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ludwig, Irma, b. 25 Aug 1904, Brighton, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA , d. 8 May 2003, Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA (Age 98 years)

Married 27 Jul 1940 Newton Center, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Children

Berres, John R.

Last Modified 1 May 2010

Family ID F18054 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - 31 Aug 1907 - Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
	1920 Census - ward 6 page 20B - 1920 - Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
	Married - 27 Jul 1940 - Newton Center, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Buried - - St. George Catholic Cemetery, Kenosha, Wisconsin