June Berg

Services for June E. Berg, 92, of Spirit Lake will be 10:30 am Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Spirit Lake. Visitation will begin after 4 pm Monday, July 14, 2014 with the family present from 5-7 pm at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Spirit Lake. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji. June Ella Berg, the daughter of Albert and Ruth (Crawford) Emerson, was born June 20, 1922 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. She attended school in Maryville, Missouri and Arnolds Park, Iowa. On November 19, 1941, June married Nellen Berg in Savannah, Missouri. The couple made their home in rural Spirit Lake where they farmed in the Spirit Lake and Lake Park area until Nellen's death in 1972. June loved spending time with her family and in her later years she enjoyed babysitting. All of these children were special to June especially, Katelyn and Mikayla Brockmeyer whom held a special place in her heart. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking and watching birds as well. On July 12, 2014, June passed away at Hilltop Care Center in Spirit Lake at ninety-two years of age. She is survived by her four sons, Albert Berg and his wife, Kathi, LeRoy Berg, Larry Berg and his wife, Becky and David Berg; grandchildren, Julia Berg, Eric Berg, Bryan Berg, Karen Berg Riley, Mike Berg and Shannon Berg Johnson; four great-grandchildren, Laura, Elizabeth and Nicole Riley and Emma June Johnson; one sister, Betty Thomas and several nieces and nephews. June was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Ruth Emerson; husband, Nellen in 1972; siblings, Arthur Emerson, Harry Emerson, Edward Emerson, Dorothy Rose, Helen Kelly and Delora Emerson; one grandson, Ervin Berg.