Anton Olsen BERGE

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Anton O. Berge, 94, of rural Valders, died Tuesday evening at Manitowoc Memorial Hospital after an illness of 10 days.
Mr. Berge was born in the Town of Liberty, Manitowoc County, on April 10, 1864, a son of Ole and Berit Weblin Berge, and was married to Olena Gistad at Valders Evangelical Lutheran Church Oct. 5, 1887. She passed away Feb. 7, 1954. He farmed in the Town of Liberty all his life and served as clerk of Sunnycrest School. He was a charter member of the Valders church.

Mr. Berge leaves seven sons, Oscar, of Addison, Ill., Albert, of Rt. 2, Reedsville, Norman, of Manitowoc, Orrin, of Cleveland, Harold, of Milwaukee, Walter, of Valders, and Oley, on the homestead farm; six daughters, Mrs. Belinda Klann and Mrs. Ruth Bleck, both of Valders, Mrs. John Reinertson, Riverside, Ill., Mrs. Kenneth Johnston, Manitowoc, Mrs. Marvin Berge, Dekalb, Ill., and Mrs. Harold Gram, Chicago; 33 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; a brother, Andrew, Valders; and a sister, Mrs. Mollie Finkelson, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be held at Valders Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Jerry Moe will conduct the services, and burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home in Valders from 4 p.m. Thursday until noon Friday.

In the 1900 census, the family had a 20 year-old house servant named Emma Severson and an 18 year-old farm laborer named Frank Wagner.

Anton married Oline GIGSTAD about 1887. Oline (daughter of Ole Knudsen GIGSTAD and Ragnild Olsdatter RANUM) was born on 4 May 1867 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 7 Feb 1954 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living at home in the 1910 census, not in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, she is a 41 year-old widow living in the village of Valders with her two daughters. She works as a clerk in a general store. She owns the house that they live in.

In the 1940 census, she lives in Milwaukee. She is a seamstress for a furrier.

She married Elmer Bremer in 1960.

Died:
as Belinda Bremer

Belinda married Robert Gustave KLANN in 1912 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Robert (son of Anna) was born on 9 Apr 1889 in Town of Cato, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died in 1920; was buried in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1890, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

She was living at home in the 1900 census, not in the 1910 census.

Baptism:
Valders and Jerpen

Anna married John Bertinius REINERTSON about 1914. John (son of Mathia Bertinius REINERTSON and Marit Andersdatter KVÅL) was born on 13 Feb 1879 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 8 Mar 1950 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oscar married Florence Evangeline TORRISON on 18 Aug 1915 in Cato, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Florence (daughter of George Gunder TORRISON and Christina THOMPSON) was born on 30 Dec 1896 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Aug 1916 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living at home in the 1910 census, not the 1920 census.

Family/Spouse: BLECK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Apr 1897, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he was a chicken farmer in the town of Liberty, Manitowoc County.

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in Valders. He was a bookkeeper for a garage and hardware store.

He was a Seaman 2nd class in the U.S. Navy during World War I.

Walter F. Berge, 77, of 311 N. Liberty St., Valders died Wednesday at home.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders. The Rev. Carl Peters will officiate and burial will be in Our Saviour Cemetery, Valders.

Mr. Berge was born Feb. 20, 1897, in the Town of Liberty, son of the late Anton and Oline Gigstad Berge. He attended schools at Liberty. He married Helen Potts, who preceded him in death in 1931. He married Agnes Berge in 1937 at Valders. He was a retired bookkeeper of the William Christel Co. at Valders. He was a 50-year member of the Valders American Legion Post and a former Valders village clerk.

Survivors include four sons, a daughter (Survivors omitted for privacy.); five brothers, Oscar, of Milwaukee, Albert, of Rt. 1, Reedsville, Or??n, of Cleveland, Harold, of Sheboygan, and Oley, of Rt. 1, Valders; six sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Belinda) Bremer, of Milwaukee, Mrs. John (Ann) Reinertson, of California, Mrs. Ruth Bleck, of Valders, Mrs. Kenneth (Lillian) Johnston, of Manitowoc, Mrs. Marvin (Lenore) Berge, of Geneva, Ill., and Mrs. Harold (Alice) Gram, of Chicago and nine grandchildren.

Baptism:
Valders and G Jerpen Lutheran Church

Family/Spouse: Helen M POTTS. Helen (daughter of Thomas David POTTS) was born on 9 Jan 1901 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; died in Oct 1931 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Agnes G BERGE on 27 Nov 1935 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Agnes (daughter of Knut O BERGE and Marie LARSON) was born on 8 May 1907 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died in Jun 1970 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Our Saviors Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was not living at home in the 1920 census.

Family/Spouse: Kenneth Joel JOHNSTON. Kenneth (son of Otis JOHNSTON and Ida Marie QUALLEY) was born on 6 Dec 1893 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 22 Oct 1961 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Must be the newborn called Elmer in the 1900 census.

Notes:

Or Edwin Ole.

Out-of-town guests at his wedding included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gram of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. John Reinertson of Riverside, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Berge of Eveleth, Minnesota, and Mr. and Mrs. Orin Berge of Sheboygan.

In the 1940 census, he is Oley Berge (mis-indexed in Ancestry as Booge) living on his father’s farm in Liberty Twp.

Referred to in Olene Reinertson Dick’s obit as her first cousin. He was actually her uncle.

Oley married Dagny Christine KNUTSON on 27 Jun 1936 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Dagny (daughter of Lewis Anton KNUTSON and Ella Marie QUALLEY) was born on 23 Sep 1916 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 30 Jan 1975 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 May 1915, Wisconsin

Notes:

Annie Bell in the 1930 census.

She changed her last name to Schoen in her Social Security records in April of 1960.

Baptism:
Valders Lutheran

Family/Spouse: SCHOEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
as Marcella D Flint

Notes:

Life long employee of General Motors. He retired in 1977.

John married Delphine BIESKE on 9 Sep 1939 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her obit said that she attended Riverside Brookfield High School and the Chicago Culinary School. She and her husband moved to Los Angeles in 1939 and to Carmel Valley in 1959. She returned to the family cottage on English Lake in Wisconsin in 1983.

Died:
As Olene M Dick

Olene married Richard Adolph VAVHAULKA in 1933. Richard was born about 1910 in Illinois; died in 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.L. married T.B. CROWE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

T.W. married H. ALFSTAD [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Allan "Al" O. Berge, age 91, a Brillion resident, died Monday, January 18, 2021 at his residence. He was born on May 21, 1929 in Valders, son of the late Walter Berge and Helen (Potts) Berge. Allan was a graduate of Valders High School, Class of 1947. On August 5, 1950 he married Dolores M. Streckert. He was called to serve our Country in the United States Army Reserves in 1951 and was stationed in Fort Jackson, South Carolina until being deployed to Korea 1952. He served in the 8th Infantry Division, 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion. After completing active duty, the couple moved back to Wisconsin and farmed in the Collins area before moving to Brillion in 1957. After moving to Brillion, Allan was employed by Ray Kleiber Masonry, while going to night school Chicago Technical College for drafting. After graduation he worked in various roles with ACE Building in Manitowoc, Mike Wallander Construction in Valders, Keller Structures in Kaukauna, and ended his career with Lorrigan Construction of Reedsville. Allan enjoyed fishing, bird watching, woodworking, and all Wisconsin Sports, especially the Green Bay Packers and the Brewers. He was a loving family man who enjoyed going to his grandchildren and great grandchildren's sporting events and spending summers on any body of water they could fish on. Allan was also a Shriner and Master Mason.

Survivors include his children: Terry (Cheryl) Berge, Denver, North Carolina, Lynn (Mark) Ott, Chilton, Pamela (Casey) Schneider, Chilton; eight grandchildren: Jeremie (Jennifer) Ott, Chad (Tiffany) Ott, Daniel (special friend Heidi) Ott, Suzanne (Sean) Gruett, Ashley (Chris) Porsche, Brandon (Kimberly) Schneider, Chelsa (special friend Channing) Schneider and Riley Schneider; twelve great grandchildren: Braeden, Owen, Benjamin, Cael, Mason, Breleigh, Brantley, Harper, Cooper, Jase, Taylor and Brynn; and his siblings: Tom and Mary; three sisters-in-law: LaVerne Berge, Bernadean Berge and Janice Streckert. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years Dolores, two brothers: Robert and James Berge; brothers-in-laws Orman Streckert, Leslie Moede, Clarence Leys, and Edward Streckert, two sisters-in-law: Evelyn Moede and Ione Leys; and other relatives.

Allan married Dolores M STRECKERT on 5 Aug 1950. Dolores was born on 8 Jun 1928 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 25 Feb 2015 in Calumet County, Wisconsin; was buried in Zion Evergreen Cemetery, Reedsville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a 3rd grader in Valders at the time of the 1940 census.

James Walter Berge, 87, died Tuesday morning August 27, 2019 near his longtime Arlington Heights home. He was born in Valders, WI on September 14, 1931 to Walter F. and Helen M. (Potts) Berge. Helen died in October of 1931. Jim's paternal Aunt Belinda then helped raise Jim and his brothers until Walter married Agnes Berge four years later. Jim grew up in Valders, helping out at his father's nursery when old enough and spending summers on his grandfather's or aunt's farm. He graduated Valders H.S. in 1949. He was a member of the last six man football team in 1947. He served four years in the U.S. Navy (1949-1953), mostly in Norfolk, VA.

After entering the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1954 and marrying Berna Dean (Bernie) Johnston at Valders Evangelical Lutheran Church on September 3, 1955, he became even more ambitious and had two children before graduating in 1958. Soon after that he began his 30 year career with the Federal Aviation Administration, residing in half a dozen places until 1973 when he dropped anchor in Arlington Heights, IL. He and his family spent the majority of those years in Spring Green, WI., Glendale, WI., and Arlington Heights, IL.

Jim enjoyed fishing with friends and family his whole life. He collected stamps for a time. He went deer hunting with his father-in-law Leonard. He took the family on camping trips, built puzzles and played board games with his sons, and coached little league baseball. He polka danced his way around many a Manitowoc County tavern. He relished playing Sheepshead with family when returning to Valders. He loved travelling rustic Wisconsin backroads. If a western movie, football game, or a PBS historical drama was scheduled to be on TV, he'd be watching.

With cookie in hand he enjoyed reading history books. On top of that he smoked a very aromatic pipe for many years! Jim and Bernie toured the U.S. extensively upon his retirement, from Nova Scotia to Arizona, Florida to Alaska, and nearly every state in between.

Jim is survived by his beloved wife Berna Dean, three sons: Michael and his first wife Shami (Moshi) of Schaumburg, IL, Dean of McHenry, IL, and J.J. (James Jeffrey) and Karen (Kucera) of Twin Lakes, WI. He leaves behind nine grandchildren: Johanna Berge (Miguel Lazo), Mariana Berge; Rachel Haws, J.D. Berge (Gretchen), Meghan Berge (A.J. Treu); Krista Epping (Jordan), Erik, Sean, and Lyndsey Berge. He is also survived by ten great-grandchildren: Layal, Jacoub, and Michael Lazo-Berge; T.J. and Emerson Haws; Oliver and Eliza Berge; Kiera and Aubree Borgert; and August Epping. He is also survived by two brothers: Thomas of Sykesville, Maryland and Allan of Brillion, WI., one sister Mary Bushart of West Bend, WI., and one sister-in-law LaVerne Berge of Manitowoc, WI. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents; one brother Robert Berge; four sisters-in-law Harriet Berge, Dolores Berge, Ida Belle Steinhilb, and Shirley Bushman; brothers-in-law Earl Renskers, Edward Bushart, and Warren Johnston; and two daughters-in-law Maria Hernandez and Lori (Voth) Berge. He was also preceded in death by Arthur Steinhilb, Donna(Forest)Johnston, and Donald Bushman.

Family/Spouse: B. JOHNSTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert L. Berge, age 77, of 1695 Atlanta Circle, Manitowoc, died Wednesday morning, April 19, 2006, at his residence. He was born April 18, 1929, in Milwaukee, son of the late Walter and Agnes Berge. Bob was a graduate of Valders High School, class of 1947. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. On Jan. 11, 1958, he married the former LaVerne Massman in Manitowoc. Bob retired from the Manitowoc Company after 35 years of service. He was a member of the American Legion Drews Bleser Post 88, Manitowoc Elks, T.P.A. and the Manitowoc Barber Shoppers.

Survivors include his wife: LaVerne Berge, Manitowoc; five brothers and sisters-in-law: Thomas and Harriet Berge, Maryland; Allan and Dolores Berge, Brillion; James and Bernadine Berge, Arlington Heights, Ill.; Jerome and Inez Klemm, Florida; Bruce and Virginia Klemm, Whitelaw; a sister and brother-in-law: Mary Ellen and Ed Bushart, Sun City West, Ariz.; a special friend: Harlan Larson, Manitowoc; and a very special great-grandniece: LeAnn (Craig) Barnett, Manitowoc. Nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends also survive.

Robert married L. MASSMAN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anton VOGEL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dale BASHAW. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Earl raised their family living above the Heinz Mills Cheese Factory, her husband’s family business.

Joanne married Earl G STECKER on 14 Aug 1948 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Earl was born on 24 Jul 1925 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 12 Mar 2014 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]