Remembering Carol Berg
Carol L. Berg, retired assistant professor, family and community nursing, died Nov. 1 in the Palliative Care Unit at Meritcare Hospital in Fargo, N.D. She was 68.
Berg, the daughter of Leo and Cora (Christopherson) Bursinger was born July 9, 1940 in Cando, N.D. She grew up and attended school in Bisbee, N.D., and graduated from high school there. She attended Trinity School of Nursing in Minot and earned her bachelor of nursing degree from Moorhead State University. She then attended the University of Arizona and earned her master of nursing degree. She worked at St. Luke's Hospital in Fargo, a hospital in West Virginia, and in 1980 she moved to Grand Forks and worked in the College of Nursing until retiring in 2004.
She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, fishing at the lake, woodworking, reading and gardening.
Berg is survived by her son Brian (Jennifer) Berg, Fargo, N. D.; daughter Andrea Berg, Lake Ida, Minn.; brothers Charles (Carol) Bursinger, Bisbee, N.D., Rodney (Joyce) Bursinger, Bottineau, N.D.; sisters Barbara (Arvid) Oakland, Bisbee, N.D., Lynette (Anthony) Galow, Bisbee, N.D.; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at United Lutheran Church, 324 Chestnut St., Grand Forks. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, with a prayer service in Amundson Funeral Home, 2975 S. 42nd St. Interment wil be in the Cormorant Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lake Park, Minn. |