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Theodore Decker: Conchata Ferrell went to Hollywood decades ago but never forgot Circleville Most likely you knew her as Berta, the gruff housekeeper who relentlessly skewered the pair of brothers employing her on television's "Two and a Half Men." Maybe you remember her as the owner of "Mystic Pizza," or as the churlish law firm secretary who did not mask her disdain of Julia Roberts' title character in "Erin Brockovich." But if you lived in Circleville not too long ago, you might have recognized Conchata Ferrell not from the big or small screen but from Main Street, as a fellow customer at Lindsey's Bakery or Wittich's Candy Shop. Ferrell died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 77 , after a career in films and television that spanned 50 years. In a business that can be notoriously fickle, she found steady work as a character actress. Along the way she earned three Emmy nominations, one in 1992 for her work on "L.A. Law" and