Bertha E. Berga, 77, formerly of Newell’s Run, died yesterday _________ morning at her home in Dover.

She was born Jan. 27, 1896, in Dover, a daughter of the late Peter J. and Maria _________ Frautschy.

She was married to David R. Berga, who died Feb. 16, 1951. One sister survives, Mrs. Mary Stress, Tucson, Arz.

Mrs. Berga was a member of Crooked _______ Evangelical Church in Dover and attended Newport United Methodist Church. Her home had been in  __________ for the past six years.

Bernice Viola Berga

NEWPORT — Bernice Viola Berga. 71, of Newport died Wednesday July 27, 1994 at her home.

She was born May 15, 1923, in Pleasants County, W.Va., to James Norman and Julie Ann Decker Elder.

Mrs. Berga is survived by her husband of 50 years, James Robert Berga; one son, Steven Clayton Berga of Eustis, Fla.; eight grandchildren. Steven Clayton Berga II, Shawn Addison Berga and Michael Berga. all of Eustis, Sherry Lynn Harmon of Leesburg. Fla.. Douglas Berga of Newport and Dale Berga. Tammy Berga and Matthew Berga, all of Marietta; four great.grandch one sister, Cindy Barnhart of St. Marys. W.Va.; and one brother, Melvin Elder of Steubenville.

She was preceded in death by one son. James Berga. in 1984; four sisters; two brothers; and her parents.

Mrs. Betty Lou Berga

July 23, 1978

Mrs. Betty Lou Berga, 50, of Marietta Route 6 died at 5:08 p.m. yesterday in Marietta Memorial Hospital.

She was born Dec. 27, 1927 in Marietta, a daughter of Mrs. Rosa K. Mendenhall Weppler and the late Roy Weppler. She was a graduate of Marietta High School with the Class of 1944. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church and had been employed at Barnum’s Processing Company. On Dec. 24, 1949, she was married to Dale Berga Jr., who survives with one son and two daughters, Kevin Wayne of Marietta; Mrs. Kimberly Sue Perry of Belpre, and Kelly Lee Berga of the home. Her mother survives of Marietta Route 6 with one brother, James L. Weppler of Marietta Route 6.

Charles E. Berga

Date of Birth: Monday October 22, 1917, Newport, Ohio

Date of Death: Friday, February 25, 1994

Place and time of Services; Monday, February 28, 1994, 11:00 AM Hadley Funeral Home

Clergyman: Pastor Joe Law

Place of Interment: Parr Hill

Daphne Laurene ‘Dee’ Berga

NEWPORT — Daphne Laurene “Dee” Berga, 68, of Newport died Wednesday (Dec. 24, 1997) at her home.

She was born Dec. 19, 1929, in Martins Ferry to Everette and Winifred Adams Hooper. She was a member of Newport Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Ray Berga; one daughter, Robyn Berga of Newport; one son, Ronald R, Berga of St. Marys; two grandchildren, Celesta Berga of St. Marys and Aaron Berga of Mishawaka, Md.; three great-grandchildren, Jared, Laura and Rachel Berga, all of Mishawaka; one sister, Nancy Holmes of Westchester, Calif.; and two brothers, Vaughan Hooper of Donalsonville, Ga., and Loy Hooper of Marietta.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Dale Berga

1972

Dale Berga, 78, died at his home in Newport at 6 p.m. Yesterday.

He was born in Newport April 15, 1894, a Son of the late Jacob and Martha Harding. Berga. On Dec. 5, 1914, he married Barbara Goddard, who died April 2, 1956.

Three sons and three daughters survive, Charles Berga and Mrs. Veryle (Eloise), Beaver of Beavertown; Dale Berga Jr., Marietta Rt. 5, and Mrs. Ben (Grace) Clift and Mrs. Daniel (Doris) Baker of Newport. There are 19 grandchildren and 26 Two brothers and two sisters survive, George Berga, Newport; Warner Berga and Mrs. Mona Short, Akron, and Mrs. Mary Hayes, Mount View, Calif. Three brothers, Fred, Roy and Archie Berga are deceased.

Mr. Berga was a retired farmer and painter,

Dale J. ‘Bugsy’ Berga

NEWPORT — Dale J. “Bugsy” Berga, 67, of Newport Route 1, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday (May 18, 1993) at his home.

He was born Aug. 7, 1925, at Newport to Dale and Barbara Seevers Berga. He was a 1944 graduate of Newport High School. He had been employed as a driver for R.O. Wetz Co. and for Main Star Oil Co. for 15 years and later for Golden Crude Inc. He had been a driver for American River Terminal at the time of his death.

He married Anna Bleakley, who died in 1949. On Dec. 24, 1949, he married Betty Lou Weppler, who died July 23, 1978.

Mr. Berga is survived by one son, Kevin Berga of Lower Salem; two daughters, Kimberly Berga Perry and Kelly Berga, both of Marietta; a close friend, Jennie Smith at home; six grandchildren; two brothers, Charles Berga of Beavertown and James Robert Berga of Newport; and two sisters, Grace Clift of Newport and Doris Baker of Hawaii.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Eloise Beaver.

Ethel M. Berga

Marietta Times

NEWPORT — Ethel M. Berga, 96, of Newport died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 9, 1994) at Marietta Convalescent Center.

She was born Nov. 24, 1897, at Newport to Cyrus and Fannie McKitrick Bayless She had been employed at the home of Dr. George Gale for many years. She was a member of Newport Church of Christ and had been a Sunday school teacher.

She married George Berga on April 6, 1918. He died Jan. 16, 1981. She also was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and seven brothers.

Mrs. Berga is survived by one son, James A. Berga and his wife, Betty, of Newport. three grandchildren Sue Holdren, Tom Berga and Trudy Ruble; eight great-grandchildren two and several nephews and nieces.

Floyd C. Berga

1973

Floyd C. Berga, 70, Frazeysburg, died at 8 p.m. Friday in Cambridge State Hospital.

Mr. Berga is a retired employee of the Buckeye Pipeline Co.

Born Oct. 16, 1902 in Newport, he is a son of William and Ellen Uphole Berga. He was married to Mary A. Cain Berga who died March 23, 1972.

Survivors include a son, Floyd J., Cooksville; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Betty) Coulter, Frazeysburg Rt. 2; three grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Inez Edgar, Dayton; Mrs. Alpha Baker, Mansfield; and Miss Dorothy Berga, Marietta.

Mr. Berga was a member of Arelius F & AM, Macksburg.

Mrs. Frances L Berga

July 16, 1979

NEWPORT - Mrs. Frances Lane Berga, 88, died at 8 p.m. yesterday at Heartland of Marietta.

She was born July 6, 1891, in Cleveland, a daughter of the late William and Jane Swan. She was a member of the Newport Church of Christ.

Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Myrtle Irene Rea of Newport; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1964. She was the last surviving member of a family of five brothers and sisters.

Kevin Wayne Berga

Marietta Times

LOWER SALEM — Kevin Wayne Berga, 46, of 7415 Germantown Road, Lower Salem, died at 6:10 p.m. Friday (May 6, 2005) at Marietta Memorial Hospital.

He was born Oct. 22, 1958, in Marietta, a son of Dale Junior and Betty Lou Weppler Berga. He was a truck driver for Sherlock Oil Co., Beverly. He graduated from Marietta High School with the class of 1977, was a member of the Moose Lodge 1823, Marietta, and enjoyed hunting and professional bull riding.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Berga of Lower Salem; two daughters, Heather (Troy) James of Marietta and Tabitha (Tommy) Patterson of Marietta; one son, Kurtis (Angie) Berga of Little Hocking; one stepson, James Sabolick of Lower Salem; one step daughter, Janet (Brent) Kirkbride of Lower Salem; two sisters, Kimberly (Mark) Perry of Brunswick, Ohio, and Kelly (Larry) Sloter of Marietta; and eight grandchildren Alyssa and TJ. James, Shayleen and Tyler Patterson, Natasha and David Berga, and Derek and Deven Kirkbride.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Joshua David James.

Paul Miles Berga

NEWPORT — Paul Miles Berga, 78, of Newport Rt. 1 died Friday morning (Aug. 2, 1991) in Pleasant Valley Hospital at Point Pleasant, W.Va., after a long illness.

Mr. Berga was born Dec. 14, 1912, at Stockport to Owen and Grace Hill Berga. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Matamoras, the American Legion post at Marietta and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post at Marietta. He was a retired chemical worker from American Cyanamid and was a World War II veteran.

Mr. Berga is survived by his wife, Abigail Bedilion Berga; two daughters, Naomi Rogers and Theda Covey, both of Gallipolis; and three grandsons.

James A. Berga

Marietta Times

NEWPORT — James A. Berga, 82, of Newport died Saturday (Oct. 29, 2005) at Marietta Memorial Hospital.

He was born July 28, 1923, m Newport, a son of the late George and Ethel Bayless Berga. He was a 1942 graduate of Newport High School, a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, where he served as a staff sergeant in the South Pacific operating LCM’s (landing craft). He was a member of the Newport Church of Christ, a past treasurer and taught a teenage Bible study. He was retired from American Cyanamid with over 30 years service. His hobbies included his love of fishing, gardening and the outdoors.

He is survived by his children, Mary Sue Holdren and her husband, Daniel, Tom Berga and his wife, Brenda, and Trudy Ruble and her husband, Bob, all of Newport; grandchildren, Daniel Holdren and his wife, Denise, of Newport, Melissa Tuttle and her husband, Dave, of Stockport, Amy Collins and her husband, Todd, of Newport, Brad Berga of Newport, Tina Miller and her husband, Jared, of Streetsboro, Ohio, Todd Ruble and his wife, Niki, and Christy Metheney and her husband, Don, all of Newport, and Jill Morris and her husband, Keith, of Dennison, Ohio; 17 great-grand children; and several extended family members.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Mary E. “Betty” Bleakley Berga.

James ‘Bob’ Berga

James R. “Bob” Berga, 79, of Newport, Ohio, died April 11, 2001, at the Marietta Memorial Hospital.

He was born April 22, 1921, in Newport, a son of the late Dale and Barbara Bayless Berga. He was retired from Ormet after 29 years, had previously worked at the former Remington Rand Corp. in Marietta, and was a member of the United Steelworkers Union.

He is survived by one son, Steven Clayton Berga of Ellenboro; eight grandchildren, Steven Clayton Berga II, of Tulsa, Okla., Sherri Lynn Harmon of Pine Island, Fla., Shawn Addison Berga of Pennsboro, Michal Paul Berga of Greenville, S.C., Douglas Clayton Berga, Dale Robert Berga, Tammy Sue Thacker, and Matthew Twain Berga all of Marietta; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Grace Rose Clift of Newport.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bernice Elder Berga in 1994; one son, James Berga in 1984; two sisters, Eloise Beaver and Doris Baker; and two brothers, Chuck Berga and Dale Berga Jr.

James Douglas Berga

Born: January 3, 1945

Passed away: April 16, 1984

Funeral Services held at McClure-Schafer Funeral Home, April 19, 1984 at 2:30 p.m.

MARGARET BERGA

Margaret Berga, 73, of Beavertown died Oct. 14 at her daughter’s home in Newport

She was born in Beavertown to Eunice Pritchard Beaver of Marietta and the late Raymond “Doc” Beaver. She was a housewife and an active member of the Beavertown United Methodist Church.

Surviving in addition to her mother are her husband of 56 years, Charles Berga; one son, Jimmy Berga of Beavertown; three daughters, Linda Rinard of Rinard Mills and Peggy Taylor and Eileen Thomas, both of Newport; nine grandchildren; one sister, Mildred Smith of Reno; and two brothers, Raymond “Bud” Beaver of Fly, O., and Dean Beaver of Newport.

She was preceded in death by one brother, Vernon “Johnny” Beaver.

Mary Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Bleakley Berga

NEWPORT — Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Bleakley Berga, 74, of Newport died Wednesday evening (Feb. 2, 2000) at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

She was born Dec. 13, 1925, at Newell’s Run to John Clarence and Elizabeth Bogard Bleakley. She was a graduate of Newport High School and was a member of the New port Church of Christ. She was a Berga homemaker.

She is survived by her husband, James Arthur Berga, whom she married March 18, 1944; two daughters, Mary Sue Holdren and her husband, Daniel, and Trudy Ruble and her husband, Robert, both of Newport; one son, James Thomas Berga and his wife, Brenda, of Newport; eight grandchildren, Danny Holdren, Melissa Tuttle, Amy Holdren, Todd Ruble, Christy Ruble, Jill Ruble, Brad Berga and Tina Berga; seven great-grandchildren, Daniel Holdren, Natasha Holdren, Brock Blavos, Jarod Tuttle, Joslynn Matheny, James Matheny and Justin Matheny; two step-great-grandchildren, Justin Tuttle and David Tuttle; four sisters, Joan Miller of St. Marys, W.Va., Donna DeLong of Woodsfield, Lucille Hearn of Indianapolis, Md., and Sandra Herlan of Newport; two brothers, James “Tom” Bleakley of Newport and Patrick “Pat” Bleakley of New Matamoras; and a number of nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Gerald Bleakley, John Clarence “Jack” Bleakley and Harvey Gale Bleakley; and one sister, Anna Berga.

Mrs Forrest Berga

Sept 5, 1974

 Mrs. Retta Mae Berga, 72, Newport, died at Marietta Memorial Hospital this morning.

She was born Aug. 1, 1902, in Independence Twp., a daughter of the late John and Rose Edwards Rouse.

She was married to Forrest Berga, who died Aug. 7, 1969. One son and one daughter survive, Albert, Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Emery Underwood, Elizabeth, Pa. There are 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Four brothers and two sisters survive, James, Lawrence and Earl Rouse, all of Newport, Russell Rouse and Mrs. Eva Ward, both of Matamoras, and Mrs. Mary McPeek, Canton. An infant daughter, Clara Elaine; daughter, Mrs. Myrtle T. and two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.

Mrs. Berga was a member of Deucher Baptist Church. Her home had been in Newport Twp. for most of her life.

Robert Ray Berga

Marietta Times

Thursday, August 18, 2005 

NEWPORT — Robert Ray Berga, 80, of Newport died Wednesday (Aug. 17, 2005) at the Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta.

He was born Aug. 1, 1925, at Newport, a son of the late Fred and Myrtle Mendenhall Berga. He was a member of the Newport Baptist Church, where he had been a former trustee and Sunday school superintendent. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Carpenters Local 356. He had been a member of the Lions Club and he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War 11, where he was a recipient of the Purple Heart.

He is survived by son, Ron Berga and his wife, Joyce, of St. Marys, W.Va., daughter, Robyn Rice and her husband, Neil, of Newport granddaughter, Celesta Berga of St. Marys, W.Va. grandson, Aaron Berga of Wisconsin great grandchildren, Jared, Laura, and Rachel Berga brother, Dean Berga and his wife, Ruth, of Marietta and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Dec Hooper Berga and one sister, Jean Stewart.