KREMLIN Vera "Pat" Marie (Campbell) Berg, 101, died of natural causes Thursday, Jan. 31, at a Havre care center.
Pat was born on Sept. 3, 1911, in Shrewsbury Township, Pa., to Joseph Campbell and Ermina Snell. She was the first of two daughters.
The family lived in Mar Glen, Pa., where Pat started school, until her father bought a jewelry store in Ralston, Pa., in 1918.
Her mother died in early 1919 when Pat was only 7, likely a victim of the Spanish Flu Pandemic.
Pat finished her eighth-grade year in Proctor, Pa. She started her freshman year of high school, but instead of finishing school, she moved to Williamsport, Pa., to get a job.
While waitressing, she met her first husband, Wesley Bohart. They had one child.
In 1932, the couple hitchhiked to Havre to follow Pat's father and his brother, George Campbell, who had homesteaded north of Havre. The couple had less than $5 in their pockets and only the clothes on their back. The Great Depression had hit the country hard, and they were in search of a better life. After being in Havre a month, Wesley went back to Pennsylvania and the two divorced.
In 1934, Pat married Clayton Jolly. They owned a dance pavilion at Sandy Creek, just north of Highway 2, and had two daughters.
In 1936, the dance pavilion and attached home burned to the ground, so the family moved to Kremlin where they again ran a bar. Pat helped run the bar until their marriage failed. In 1941, after the United States entered World War II, Pat moved back to Pennsylvania where she became a "Rosie the Riveter."
Pat worked on an assembly line in an airplane factory, building airplane engines. She later worked civil service for the government and was transferred to Meriden, Conn., to be an inspector in a ball-bearing factory, and later still to inspect airplane parts in a factory in New Castle, Del.
In October of 1945, Art Berg, whom she had met in Kremlin and had been corresponding with during the war, came back from Europe where he had been stationed. They were married and returned to the Berg family homestead in Kremlin. They made their home in the house Art was born in.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into Northern Montana Care Center in June 2008.
Pat was an active member of the Kremlin Lutheran Church, the church women's group and the quilting circle. She loved to make ceramics, sew, knit and crochet. She enjoyed following her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities and sports, attending basketball games well into her 90s.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 66 years; sister, Velma Campbell; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
She is survived by her three daughters, three sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on February 3, 2013
Pat was born on Sept. 3, 1911, in Shrewsbury Township, Pa., to Joseph Campbell and Ermina Snell. She was the first of two daughters.
The family lived in Mar Glen, Pa., where Pat started school, until her father bought a jewelry store in Ralston, Pa., in 1918.
Her mother died in early 1919 when Pat was only 7, likely a victim of the Spanish Flu Pandemic.
Pat finished her eighth-grade year in Proctor, Pa. She started her freshman year of high school, but instead of finishing school, she moved to Williamsport, Pa., to get a job.
While waitressing, she met her first husband, Wesley Bohart. They had one child.
In 1932, the couple hitchhiked to Havre to follow Pat's father and his brother, George Campbell, who had homesteaded north of Havre. The couple had less than $5 in their pockets and only the clothes on their back. The Great Depression had hit the country hard, and they were in search of a better life. After being in Havre a month, Wesley went back to Pennsylvania and the two divorced.
In 1934, Pat married Clayton Jolly. They owned a dance pavilion at Sandy Creek, just north of Highway 2, and had two daughters.
In 1936, the dance pavilion and attached home burned to the ground, so the family moved to Kremlin where they again ran a bar. Pat helped run the bar until their marriage failed. In 1941, after the United States entered World War II, Pat moved back to Pennsylvania where she became a "Rosie the Riveter."
Pat worked on an assembly line in an airplane factory, building airplane engines. She later worked civil service for the government and was transferred to Meriden, Conn., to be an inspector in a ball-bearing factory, and later still to inspect airplane parts in a factory in New Castle, Del.
In October of 1945, Art Berg, whom she had met in Kremlin and had been corresponding with during the war, came back from Europe where he had been stationed. They were married and returned to the Berg family homestead in Kremlin. They made their home in the house Art was born in.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into Northern Montana Care Center in June 2008.
Pat was an active member of the Kremlin Lutheran Church, the church women's group and the quilting circle. She loved to make ceramics, sew, knit and crochet. She enjoyed following her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities and sports, attending basketball games well into her 90s.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 66 years; sister, Velma Campbell; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
She is survived by her three daughters, three sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on February 3, 2013
KREMLIN Vera "Pat" Marie (Campbell) Berg, 101, died of natural causes Thursday, Jan. 31, at a Havre care center.
Pat was born on Sept. 3, 1911, in Shrewsbury Township, Pa., to Joseph Campbell and Ermina Snell. She was the first of two daughters.
The family lived in Mar Glen, Pa., where Pat started school, until her father bought a jewelry store in Ralston, Pa., in 1918.
Her mother died in early 1919 when Pat was only 7, likely a victim of the Spanish Flu Pandemic.
Pat finished her eighth-grade year in Proctor, Pa. She started her freshman year of high school, but instead of finishing school, she moved to Williamsport, Pa., to get a job.
While waitressing, she met her first husband, Wesley Bohart. They had one child.
In 1932, the couple hitchhiked to Havre to follow Pat's father and his brother, George Campbell, who had homesteaded north of Havre. The couple had less than $5 in their pockets and only the clothes on their back. The Great Depression had hit the country hard, and they were in search of a better life. After being in Havre a month, Wesley went back to Pennsylvania and the two divorced.
In 1934, Pat married Clayton Jolly. They owned a dance pavilion at Sandy Creek, just north of Highway 2, and had two daughters.
In 1936, the dance pavilion and attached home burned to the ground, so the family moved to Kremlin where they again ran a bar. Pat helped run the bar until their marriage failed. In 1941, after the United States entered World War II, Pat moved back to Pennsylvania where she became a "Rosie the Riveter."
Pat worked on an assembly line in an airplane factory, building airplane engines. She later worked civil service for the government and was transferred to Meriden, Conn., to be an inspector in a ball-bearing factory, and later still to inspect airplane parts in a factory in New Castle, Del.
In October of 1945, Art Berg, whom she had met in Kremlin and had been corresponding with during the war, came back from Europe where he had been stationed. They were married and returned to the Berg family homestead in Kremlin. They made their home in the house Art was born in.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into Northern Montana Care Center in June 2008.
Pat was an active member of the Kremlin Lutheran Church, the church women's group and the quilting circle. She loved to make ceramics, sew, knit and crochet. She enjoyed following her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities and sports, attending basketball games well into her 90s.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 66 years; sister, Velma Campbell; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
She is survived by her three daughters, three sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on February 3, 2013
Pat was born on Sept. 3, 1911, in Shrewsbury Township, Pa., to Joseph Campbell and Ermina Snell. She was the first of two daughters.
The family lived in Mar Glen, Pa., where Pat started school, until her father bought a jewelry store in Ralston, Pa., in 1918.
Her mother died in early 1919 when Pat was only 7, likely a victim of the Spanish Flu Pandemic.
Pat finished her eighth-grade year in Proctor, Pa. She started her freshman year of high school, but instead of finishing school, she moved to Williamsport, Pa., to get a job.
While waitressing, she met her first husband, Wesley Bohart. They had one child.
In 1932, the couple hitchhiked to Havre to follow Pat's father and his brother, George Campbell, who had homesteaded north of Havre. The couple had less than $5 in their pockets and only the clothes on their back. The Great Depression had hit the country hard, and they were in search of a better life. After being in Havre a month, Wesley went back to Pennsylvania and the two divorced.
In 1934, Pat married Clayton Jolly. They owned a dance pavilion at Sandy Creek, just north of Highway 2, and had two daughters.
In 1936, the dance pavilion and attached home burned to the ground, so the family moved to Kremlin where they again ran a bar. Pat helped run the bar until their marriage failed. In 1941, after the United States entered World War II, Pat moved back to Pennsylvania where she became a "Rosie the Riveter."
Pat worked on an assembly line in an airplane factory, building airplane engines. She later worked civil service for the government and was transferred to Meriden, Conn., to be an inspector in a ball-bearing factory, and later still to inspect airplane parts in a factory in New Castle, Del.
In October of 1945, Art Berg, whom she had met in Kremlin and had been corresponding with during the war, came back from Europe where he had been stationed. They were married and returned to the Berg family homestead in Kremlin. They made their home in the house Art was born in.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into Northern Montana Care Center in June 2008.
Pat was an active member of the Kremlin Lutheran Church, the church women's group and the quilting circle. She loved to make ceramics, sew, knit and crochet. She enjoyed following her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's activities and sports, attending basketball games well into her 90s.
Pat was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 66 years; sister, Velma Campbell; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
She is survived by her three daughters, three sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on February 3, 2013
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