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Berry Insurance was established in 1922 by Johanna Berry, Bob's Grandmother. Mrs. Berry was a widow with a large family and to help support them, she began to act as a "kitchen broker". This involved handling personal accounts for family and friends from her home. Business was placed through a general agency in Boston. On Mrs. Berry's death in 1948, the insurance business passed to her son, Henry G. Berry, Sr. Mr. Berry was a real estate broker and speculative homebuilder. He continued to operate the insurance business in the same manner as his mother from his home. In 1959 Mr. Berry had an opportunity to purchase a small insurance agency in the Wollaston section of Quincy. This enabled the firm to have its first office. The agency was incorporated in 1961 as a Massachusetts' corporation, Berry Insurance Agency, Inc. Mr. Berry's two sons, Henry Jr. and Bob, joined the agency in the early 1960's. The firm began an aggressive expansion program by purchasing other insurance agencies. This trend would continue over the next twenty years. In total twenty-four agencies were purchased. In 1968, an office was opened in Franklin, MA. Bob Berry has managed the Franklin office from its inception to the present. A third office was opened in Waltham, MA in 1978.