Henry W. Berg
Feb. 9, 1881-Nov. 24, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 25, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
ENGINEER FOR NYC DIES FRIDAY EVE
A cerebral hemorrhage resulted in death at 6:30 p.m. Friday to Henry w. Berg, 63, of 1223 East Main street, engineer for the New York Central Railway, in the state hospital, Kalamazoo. He had been ill two months.
Born in Whitehall, Mich., Feb. 9, 1881, Berg came to Niles from Michigan City 25 years ago. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the St. Joseph Valley lodge No. 4, F and AM, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.
Surviving are two children, Russell Berg, Minneapolis, and Mrs. Tom Medders, Niles, two brothers, William Berg, Muskegon, and George Berg, Opportunity, Wash., and three sisters, Miss Cora Berg and Mrs. Maude Adamson, Muskegon, and Mrs. Nel McCurry, Detroit.
Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home after noon Sunday. Dr. Guy W. Simon will officiate at services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian church. Members of the Masonic lodge will have charge of committal services in Silverbrook.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 27, 1944, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
BERG RITES
Funeral services for Henry W. Berg, 63, of 1223 East Main street, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian church by Dr. Guy W. Simon. Prior to the services the body will lie in state in the church from 1 to 2. The Masonic lodge, of which he was a member, will officate[sic] at committal services in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home tonight. Pallbearers will be Glen Heslett, Myron Crawford, Merle Sheeler, A.D. McCormick and Howard and Edward Klute.