Harvey Lowell Berg, age 78, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Banner Boswell Hospital in Sun City, AZ. Harvey was born on March 6, 1933, in Wildrose, ND to Elizabeth and Knute Berg. He moved with his family to Nashua, MT in 1941, where he graduated from high school. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955.<\/p>\n
In 1956, he married Louise Kummerfeldt in Glasgow, MT and three sons were born to them\u2014Gary, Craig, and Dan. In 1973, he married Alice Bradshaw and they were married for 32 years. Harvey worked for Glasgow Ready Mix, transferring to Helena, MT, where he was manager of Helena Sand and Gravel until his retirement in 1991. After he retired, he and Alice traveled in their RV, eventually buying a home in Sun City, where they lived in the winter months.<\/p>\n
Harvey was preceded in death by his parents, seven sisters; Myrtle Stenbakken, Ida Berg, Betsy Ouren, Ruth Thoms, Agnes Wurzer, Mayme Collins, and Ardele Kulbeck; two brothers, Kalmen Berg and Ingvald Berg. He is survived by his sons; Gary Berg of Williston, ND; Craig Berg of Eugene, OR and Dan Berg of Helena, MT; two granddaughters, Stacy Berg of Houston, TX and Sherra Mallory of Seattle, WA; grandson, Chad Berg of St. Charles, MO; great grandson, Devin Mallory-Kelley of Seattle, WA; two sisters, Thelma Frey of Billings, MT; Alyce Booth of Huntington Beach, CA and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Retz Funeral Home Chapel in Helena. Interment with military honors is scheduled at 1p.m., Monday, May 9, 2011 at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Harrison. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor\u2019s choice. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family by visiting: www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1147761.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}