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LaVerne C. “Labe” Berg

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[April 17, 2015]  LINCOLN - LaVerne C. “Labe” Berg of Lincoln, a native of Minnesota, died peacefully at home looking forward to reuniting with his love Bernice, Thursday April 16, 2015.

Prayer Service:  1:30 p.m. Sunday April 19, 2015, a half hour prior to visitation.

Visitation: From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday April 19, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Service:  2:00 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln

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LINCOLN-LaVerne C. “Labe” Berg of Lincoln, a native of Minnesota, died peacefully at home looking forward to reuniting with his love Bernice, Thursday April 16, 2015.

Mr. Berg retired in 1984 after serving for 38 years as a sales representative for Hormel Foods Corporation out of Austin, MN.

A U. S. Navy Veteran of WWII, he received the American Theatre of Operations Ribbon, the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Ribbon with one star, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. He was a crew member of the USS Register which was one of the ships that rescued the survivors of the USS Indianapolis that was sunk after delivering the A Bomb to Saipan. He was unhurt when the Register was earlier hit by a kamikaze plane at Okinawa.  

Mr. Berg is a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln, a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus, past Faithful Navigator of the Fourth Degree, Member and Past Commander of the American Legion Post # 263, member of Forty & Eight, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Elks Lodge 914, where he was a past secretary. 

He was born on August 20, 1920, in Grand Meadow, MN; son of Sanford and Anna Marie Olson Berg. He married Bernice Crowley on August 13, 1944 in Hawthorne, CA. She preceded him in death in 2008.

Survivors include one daughter, Judith (Robert) Brothman of Waukegan; daughter-in-law: Gail; two sons: Richard (Linda) Berg of San Juan Capistrano, CA and Donald (Fran) Berg of Prospect KY; eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years; Bernice, his parents, a son Robert, four sisters and five brothers.

Mr. Berg graduated from Grand Meadow High School in 1937, and attended Mankato State University for two years.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln, with Father Simon Taabu officiating. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Sunday April 19, 2015 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. A prayer service will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Sunday April 19, 2015, a half hour prior to visitation. Burial at Holy Cross Cemetery will follow the service with full military rites accorded by the Lincoln American Legion Post #263. Memorials may be given to Carroll Catholic School or Elks Crippled Children.
 

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