Friends,
The Berry Center and Berry family are heartbroken to announce the death of Wendell Erdman Berry, writer and farmer of Port Royal, Henry County, Kentucky. He passed suddenly and peacefully at home yesterday afternoon, August 31st, 2026. His work continues, here and in every place where people aim to live according to nature’s measure, on and with and of their beloved home place.
Please help us respect the privacy and the wishes of the family by directing all correspondence, remembrances, inquiries, and good wishes to The Berry Center at info@berrycenter.org or by post.
The Berry Center PO Box 582 New Castle KY 40050
The family has asked that in lieu of flowers please consider a donation to The Berry Center or a like-missioned organization doing the good work in your home place in Wendell’s memory.
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