Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, July 12, 1943 P. 2
In ill health for nearly two years, Mrs. Guido Berger, 67, widely known resident of Two Rivers for nearly a half century and prominent in the activities of Grace
Congregational church for many years, died at her home at 1403 16th street at 4:30 Sunday morning. Death was due to a heart attack during the night, following a month of serious illness.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Grace Congregational church, the Rev. Thomas A. Hawkes officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. The body may be viewed at the Klein and Stangel, Inc. funeral home from tonight until Tuesday noon, when it will be removed to the church.
Mrs. Berger, nee Lily Last, was born in the town of Two Creeks on April 20, 1876, a daughter of the late John and Caroline Krase Last, pioneers in the township.
On her birthday in 1894 she was married in Two Rivers to Guido Berger, also a member of a pioneer family of this community, who is president of the board of vocational education. A member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years, Mrs. Berger, up to her illness was active in Circle A of the Ladies' Aid society of Grace Congregational church, with which she was affiliated since her marriage.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Berger leaves two daughters, Mrs. George Brown of Two Rivers, and Mrs. Dell Rogers of Milwaukee, and a son, Dewey, for many years a resident of South Gate, near Los Angeles, Calif. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. John Myers of Two Rivers, a brother, Louis Last of Rockford, Ill., and four grand-children.
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Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, July 12, 1943 P. 2
In ill health for nearly two years, Mrs. Guido Berger, 67, widely known resident of Two Rivers for nearly a half century and prominent in the activities of Grace
Congregational church for many years, died at her home at 1403 16th street at 4:30 Sunday morning. Death was due to a heart attack during the night, following a month of serious illness.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in Grace Congregational church, the Rev. Thomas A. Hawkes officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. The body may be viewed at the Klein and Stangel, Inc. funeral home from tonight until Tuesday noon, when it will be removed to the church.
Mrs. Berger, nee Lily Last, was born in the town of Two Creeks on April 20, 1876, a daughter of the late John and Caroline Krase Last, pioneers in the township.
On her birthday in 1894 she was married in Two Rivers to Guido Berger, also a member of a pioneer family of this community, who is president of the board of vocational education. A member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years, Mrs. Berger, up to her illness was active in Circle A of the Ladies' Aid society of Grace Congregational church, with which she was affiliated since her marriage.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Berger leaves two daughters, Mrs. George Brown of Two Rivers, and Mrs. Dell Rogers of Milwaukee, and a son, Dewey, for many years a resident of South Gate, near Los Angeles, Calif. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. John Myers of Two Rivers, a brother, Louis Last of Rockford, Ill., and four grand-children.
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