Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 16 Oct 1941
Knute Berg, Old Time Resident Found Dead
Knute Berg, pioneer resident of the community south of the Marias river, in the southwestern part of the county, was found dead sitting in a chair at his home last Thursday afternoon, presumably havng passed away from the effects of a heart attack, probably some time the night before.
The body was found by John Peterson, a neighbor who called at the Berg home Thursday afternoon. Deceased was one of the first homesteaders in the community where he made his home for more than thirty years. He was living alone on his farm, his house being near that of his daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst. He was sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, and had been in poor health for the past three of four years.
Mr. Berg was born in Hayfield, Minnesota, on January 1st, 1875. He filed on his homestead in this country in 1911, and has resided there continously since. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst; two brothers, Chris Berg, of the same community, and Peter Berg, of Belt, Montana; and two sons, Harold Berg of Troy, and Kenneth Berg, of Clancy, Montana; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in Chester Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church. Burial was in the Chester cemetery beside the body of a sister Marie Berg, who preceded him in death only a few months.
Pall bearers were Thos. L. Wright, S. O. Shamey, Sam Heimbigner, John Staudacher, John Sherrard, and Tieman Iverson.
Knute Berg, Old Time Resident Found Dead
Knute Berg, pioneer resident of the community south of the Marias river, in the southwestern part of the county, was found dead sitting in a chair at his home last Thursday afternoon, presumably havng passed away from the effects of a heart attack, probably some time the night before.
The body was found by John Peterson, a neighbor who called at the Berg home Thursday afternoon. Deceased was one of the first homesteaders in the community where he made his home for more than thirty years. He was living alone on his farm, his house being near that of his daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst. He was sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, and had been in poor health for the past three of four years.
Mr. Berg was born in Hayfield, Minnesota, on January 1st, 1875. He filed on his homestead in this country in 1911, and has resided there continously since. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst; two brothers, Chris Berg, of the same community, and Peter Berg, of Belt, Montana; and two sons, Harold Berg of Troy, and Kenneth Berg, of Clancy, Montana; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in Chester Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church. Burial was in the Chester cemetery beside the body of a sister Marie Berg, who preceded him in death only a few months.
Pall bearers were Thos. L. Wright, S. O. Shamey, Sam Heimbigner, John Staudacher, John Sherrard, and Tieman Iverson.
Liberty County Times, Chester, MT, 16 Oct 1941
Knute Berg, Old Time Resident Found Dead
Knute Berg, pioneer resident of the community south of the Marias river, in the southwestern part of the county, was found dead sitting in a chair at his home last Thursday afternoon, presumably havng passed away from the effects of a heart attack, probably some time the night before.
The body was found by John Peterson, a neighbor who called at the Berg home Thursday afternoon. Deceased was one of the first homesteaders in the community where he made his home for more than thirty years. He was living alone on his farm, his house being near that of his daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst. He was sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, and had been in poor health for the past three of four years.
Mr. Berg was born in Hayfield, Minnesota, on January 1st, 1875. He filed on his homestead in this country in 1911, and has resided there continously since. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst; two brothers, Chris Berg, of the same community, and Peter Berg, of Belt, Montana; and two sons, Harold Berg of Troy, and Kenneth Berg, of Clancy, Montana; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in Chester Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church. Burial was in the Chester cemetery beside the body of a sister Marie Berg, who preceded him in death only a few months.
Pall bearers were Thos. L. Wright, S. O. Shamey, Sam Heimbigner, John Staudacher, John Sherrard, and Tieman Iverson.
Knute Berg, Old Time Resident Found Dead
Knute Berg, pioneer resident of the community south of the Marias river, in the southwestern part of the county, was found dead sitting in a chair at his home last Thursday afternoon, presumably havng passed away from the effects of a heart attack, probably some time the night before.
The body was found by John Peterson, a neighbor who called at the Berg home Thursday afternoon. Deceased was one of the first homesteaders in the community where he made his home for more than thirty years. He was living alone on his farm, his house being near that of his daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst. He was sixty-six years of age at the time of his death, and had been in poor health for the past three of four years.
Mr. Berg was born in Hayfield, Minnesota, on January 1st, 1875. He filed on his homestead in this country in 1911, and has resided there continously since. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Austin Broadhurst; two brothers, Chris Berg, of the same community, and Peter Berg, of Belt, Montana; and two sons, Harold Berg of Troy, and Kenneth Berg, of Clancy, Montana; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in Chester Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church. Burial was in the Chester cemetery beside the body of a sister Marie Berg, who preceded him in death only a few months.
Pall bearers were Thos. L. Wright, S. O. Shamey, Sam Heimbigner, John Staudacher, John Sherrard, and Tieman Iverson.
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