Julian Berg
| Date of Interment or Death | 09/28/1983 |
|---|---|
| Location | Garden of Prayer |
| Block and Lot | 172C |
| Grave | 3 |
Obituary
Julian Berg
Julian Berg, 44, Wahpeton, died unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 25 of an apparent heart attack. He was an instructor in the electronics department at North Dakota State School of Science.
The funeral will be at 2 Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton. Visitation is Tuesday afternoon and evening at Vertin's-Wahpeton Funeral Home Chapel and Wednesday until 11. There will also be visitation at the church for the hour prior to the service.
Honorary casket bearers will be NDSSS faculty.
Active casket bearers will be John Osland, Wesley Allen, Bernard Erothy, James Aldrich, Jerald Kemper, Sam Schimelfenig and Bernard Anderson.
He was born July 5, 1936 at Cando, N.D. to Knute and Jennie Engstrom Berg. He attended local schools and graduated from Cando High School. He married Susan Larson Dec. 29, 1962.
Mr. Berg, who was a former director of placement at NDSSS appointed to the position in 1974 was employed Northwestern Bell Telephone as a lineman after he graduated from high school. He then attended and graduated from the two-year NDSSS electronics program and returned to Cando to operate a radio-television, two-way radio communications sales and service business.
In the fall of 1965 he became employed by NDSSS as an instructor in the electronics department. He continued this position through 1973 when he was awarded an Educational Professional Development Act Grant from Colorado State University. In 1971 he received his B.S. Degree in Vocational Education from the University of South Dakota - Springfield. He received his Masters Degree in Vocational Education administration at Colorado State University at Fort Collin Colo. and on Dec. 21, 1979 received his PhD from Colorado State.
He was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Colorado State University.
Survivors include his wife, three daughters and a son, Mrs. Daniel (Jodi Beth) Blake, Lubbock, Texas; Alicia Kae, 17; Jamie Lynn, 7, and Korey Brent, 15; all at home; a brother, Knute, Mahomat, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. William (Ellen) Howard, Cando; Mrs. Norval (Marian) Garber, Cando; and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
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Location
The Garden of Prayer is located in the Memorial Gardens, which comprises the northern half of the cemetery.