Ola Knutson BERGE

Notes:

He is I12753 in Jim’s VS. No information on his parents.

Larry Aune says that Ole K’s parents were Knud Tordsen Berji (1793-1862) and Ingri J Hande (1804-1871).

Birth:
Berge 50/3 midtre

Family/Spouse: Kari Helgesdatter NESJA. Kari (daughter of Helge Knudson NESJA) was born on 29 Sep 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Dec 1910 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

KNUT BERGE IS DEAD, WAS 70

Pioneer Farmer At Valders To Be Buried Wednesday Knut Berge, age 70, a resident of the county all of his life, died Sunday morning at his home in Valders. He had been a resident of the city for the last seven years after retiring from his farm near the city. He had been ill for several years.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 from the home and at 2 p.m. from the Valders Our Savior's church, the Rev. Espeseth of Manitowoc officiating. The body was taken to the home from the Otto Berge funeral parlors today.

Mr. Berge was born in the town of Liberty on the farm which he owned. His wife died three years ago. He is survived by two sons Chester on the farm and Morten at home and by three daughters, Agnes and Edna at home and Mrs. Ernest Hacker of Rte. 1, Manitowoc.

Family/Spouse: Marie LARSON. Marie (daughter of Kittil LARSON and Karen) was born on 9 Jun 1869 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 28 Jun 1931 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried in Our Saviors Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Carrie GULSETH. Carrie was born on 25 May 1883 in Wisconsin; died on 22 Jun 1966 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not mentioned in either of his parents’ obits.

In the 1920 census, he and Josie lived with his brother Chester and his family in Town of Cato, Manitowoc County. Harry was a bookkeeper for a confectionary.

Harry Berge, one of our World War veterans, passed away at the home of his parents, after a lingering illness of several years duration. Mr. Berge had been a patient at Wales sanitorium but several weeks ago was removed to his home there.

Mr. Berge was 30 years of age and is survived by his wife and daughter, his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Ernest Hacker, Agnes and Edna and two brothers, Chester and Mortan.

Harry married Josie Theresa OLSTAD about 1917. Josie (daughter of Olavus (Louis) OLSTAD and Mina THORSTENSON) was born on 22 May 1895 in Portage County, Wisconsin; died on 30 Jul 1985 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not mentioned in either of his parents’ obits.

Gordon Berge passed away at the home of his parents Wednesday evening after a lingering illness, aged twenty-one.

Besides his parents he is survived by six brothers and sisters, Agnes, Edna and Morton at home, Chester of Valders, Harry of Burlington and Mrs. Ernst Hacker of Newton.

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she and Robert lived with her parents in Valders.

Mrs. Walter Berge, 63, of Valders, died Saturday evening at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Faith Lutheran Church, Valders. The Rev. Robert Onkka will officiate and burial will be in Our Savior Cemetery, Valders.

Mrs. Berge, nee Agnes Berge, was born May 8, 1907, at Valders, daughter of the late Knut and Marie Larson Berge. She was married to Walter Berge Nov. 27, 1935, at Manitowoc. She was a member of Valders Legion Auxiliary, the A.L.C.W. and Lois Circle.

Survivors include her husband; four sons, a daughter (Survivors omitted for privacy.); two brothers, Chester and Morton of Manitowoc; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Hacker and Mrs. Joe Elsasser of Manitowoc and nine grandchildren. A sister and two brothers preceded her in death.

Family/Spouse: Marvin KLEMM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married Walter Floyd BERGE on 27 Nov 1935 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Walter (son of Anton Olsen BERGE and Oline GIGSTAD) was born on 20 Feb 1897 in Wisconsin; died on 3 Jul 1974; was buried in Our Saviors Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice C STROEH. Alice was born on 6 Jun 1914 in South Dakota; died on 2 May 1986 in Lincoln County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank BAKER. Frank was born on 7 May 1904 in Todd County, Minnesota; died on 26 Apr 1949 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ervin LASAGE. [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]