KREMLIN - Arthur Myron Berg, 94, a Kremlin farmer, master carpenter and woodworker and World War II veteran, died of natural causes Thursday, Jan. 12, at a Havre care center.
Art was born near Kremlin on the homestead of his parents, August Berg and Margith Skjoldhammer, on July 8, 1917. He was the eighth of 11 children. He was born in the bedroom he and his wife of 66 years, Vera "Pat" Berg, slept in until they moved to the care center in 2008.
Art was a lifelong member of Kremlin Lutheran Church. He was baptized in the church in 1917.
Art went to school in Havre, Fresno and Kremlin. When he started school, he spoke mostly Norwegian. He and his siblings went to school with a horse and buggy until November, when the family moved to Kremlin.
The family had dairy cows and a milk route in Kremlin. It was Art's job to deliver the milk before school and after supper, selling it for 10 cents per quart, delivered.
In the spring of 1935, Art started farming on his own after leasing a quarter-section. Slowly, he built up his leases and began to buy land.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II in 1941. He attended welding school in Illinois and was eventually sent to England, where he joined an air repair company. On his trip overseas, Art watched a torpedo narrowly miss his ship. Fewer than half the boats in his convoy made it across, and his was the only troop ship that survived. Art was stationed in England until the Allies stormed Normandy. He was then sent to France with his toolbox and a two-man staff. He went from one field to the next repairing planes that had been shot down.
Upon returning from the war in 1945, Art married Vera "Pat" Campbell Jolly, and they settled on the family homestead. Art returned to farming and took over his dad's land when his father retired, eventually buying the farm buildings and land from his father and his brother, Alfred.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into the care center in June 2008. Even then, he always wanted a full report on the farm.
In September, Art helped his wife, Pat, celebrate her 100th birthday. He bought her two dozen roses. Even as he grew weaker the last few years, he remained her pillar of strength.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Alfred, Leon, Morris, Marvin and Vernon Berg; sisters, Alice Mathews, Selma Berg, Helen Belland and Lillian Dove; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
He is survived by his wife, 3 daughters, a sister, 2 sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on January 18, 2012
Art was born near Kremlin on the homestead of his parents, August Berg and Margith Skjoldhammer, on July 8, 1917. He was the eighth of 11 children. He was born in the bedroom he and his wife of 66 years, Vera "Pat" Berg, slept in until they moved to the care center in 2008.
Art was a lifelong member of Kremlin Lutheran Church. He was baptized in the church in 1917.
Art went to school in Havre, Fresno and Kremlin. When he started school, he spoke mostly Norwegian. He and his siblings went to school with a horse and buggy until November, when the family moved to Kremlin.
The family had dairy cows and a milk route in Kremlin. It was Art's job to deliver the milk before school and after supper, selling it for 10 cents per quart, delivered.
In the spring of 1935, Art started farming on his own after leasing a quarter-section. Slowly, he built up his leases and began to buy land.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II in 1941. He attended welding school in Illinois and was eventually sent to England, where he joined an air repair company. On his trip overseas, Art watched a torpedo narrowly miss his ship. Fewer than half the boats in his convoy made it across, and his was the only troop ship that survived. Art was stationed in England until the Allies stormed Normandy. He was then sent to France with his toolbox and a two-man staff. He went from one field to the next repairing planes that had been shot down.
Upon returning from the war in 1945, Art married Vera "Pat" Campbell Jolly, and they settled on the family homestead. Art returned to farming and took over his dad's land when his father retired, eventually buying the farm buildings and land from his father and his brother, Alfred.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into the care center in June 2008. Even then, he always wanted a full report on the farm.
In September, Art helped his wife, Pat, celebrate her 100th birthday. He bought her two dozen roses. Even as he grew weaker the last few years, he remained her pillar of strength.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Alfred, Leon, Morris, Marvin and Vernon Berg; sisters, Alice Mathews, Selma Berg, Helen Belland and Lillian Dove; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
He is survived by his wife, 3 daughters, a sister, 2 sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on January 18, 2012
KREMLIN - Arthur Myron Berg, 94, a Kremlin farmer, master carpenter and woodworker and World War II veteran, died of natural causes Thursday, Jan. 12, at a Havre care center.
Art was born near Kremlin on the homestead of his parents, August Berg and Margith Skjoldhammer, on July 8, 1917. He was the eighth of 11 children. He was born in the bedroom he and his wife of 66 years, Vera "Pat" Berg, slept in until they moved to the care center in 2008.
Art was a lifelong member of Kremlin Lutheran Church. He was baptized in the church in 1917.
Art went to school in Havre, Fresno and Kremlin. When he started school, he spoke mostly Norwegian. He and his siblings went to school with a horse and buggy until November, when the family moved to Kremlin.
The family had dairy cows and a milk route in Kremlin. It was Art's job to deliver the milk before school and after supper, selling it for 10 cents per quart, delivered.
In the spring of 1935, Art started farming on his own after leasing a quarter-section. Slowly, he built up his leases and began to buy land.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II in 1941. He attended welding school in Illinois and was eventually sent to England, where he joined an air repair company. On his trip overseas, Art watched a torpedo narrowly miss his ship. Fewer than half the boats in his convoy made it across, and his was the only troop ship that survived. Art was stationed in England until the Allies stormed Normandy. He was then sent to France with his toolbox and a two-man staff. He went from one field to the next repairing planes that had been shot down.
Upon returning from the war in 1945, Art married Vera "Pat" Campbell Jolly, and they settled on the family homestead. Art returned to farming and took over his dad's land when his father retired, eventually buying the farm buildings and land from his father and his brother, Alfred.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into the care center in June 2008. Even then, he always wanted a full report on the farm.
In September, Art helped his wife, Pat, celebrate her 100th birthday. He bought her two dozen roses. Even as he grew weaker the last few years, he remained her pillar of strength.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Alfred, Leon, Morris, Marvin and Vernon Berg; sisters, Alice Mathews, Selma Berg, Helen Belland and Lillian Dove; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
He is survived by his wife, 3 daughters, a sister, 2 sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on January 18, 2012
Art was born near Kremlin on the homestead of his parents, August Berg and Margith Skjoldhammer, on July 8, 1917. He was the eighth of 11 children. He was born in the bedroom he and his wife of 66 years, Vera "Pat" Berg, slept in until they moved to the care center in 2008.
Art was a lifelong member of Kremlin Lutheran Church. He was baptized in the church in 1917.
Art went to school in Havre, Fresno and Kremlin. When he started school, he spoke mostly Norwegian. He and his siblings went to school with a horse and buggy until November, when the family moved to Kremlin.
The family had dairy cows and a milk route in Kremlin. It was Art's job to deliver the milk before school and after supper, selling it for 10 cents per quart, delivered.
In the spring of 1935, Art started farming on his own after leasing a quarter-section. Slowly, he built up his leases and began to buy land.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II in 1941. He attended welding school in Illinois and was eventually sent to England, where he joined an air repair company. On his trip overseas, Art watched a torpedo narrowly miss his ship. Fewer than half the boats in his convoy made it across, and his was the only troop ship that survived. Art was stationed in England until the Allies stormed Normandy. He was then sent to France with his toolbox and a two-man staff. He went from one field to the next repairing planes that had been shot down.
Upon returning from the war in 1945, Art married Vera "Pat" Campbell Jolly, and they settled on the family homestead. Art returned to farming and took over his dad's land when his father retired, eventually buying the farm buildings and land from his father and his brother, Alfred.
In 1976, Art and Pat incorporated farms with their daughter and son-in-law. Art and Pat continued to farm until they moved into the care center in June 2008. Even then, he always wanted a full report on the farm.
In September, Art helped his wife, Pat, celebrate her 100th birthday. He bought her two dozen roses. Even as he grew weaker the last few years, he remained her pillar of strength.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Alfred, Leon, Morris, Marvin and Vernon Berg; sisters, Alice Mathews, Selma Berg, Helen Belland and Lillian Dove; sons-in-law, Charles Melby and Gene Montgomery; and a great-grandson, Joshua Rambo.
He is survived by his wife, 3 daughters, a sister, 2 sisters-in-law, 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on January 18, 2012
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