Bill Berger's widow dies

Virginia Berger, widow of Bill Berger, who worked with Ralph Iula in the Beacon Journal promotions department, died. Below is her obituary. If you want to express your condolences to the family, click on the headline. If you want to pay your respects in person, the family will begin greeting friends at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, an hour before a memorial service.

Virginia's obituary:


Mrs. William E. (Virginia M.) Berger (nee Clark)
SILVER LAKE -- Mrs. William E. (Virginia M.) Berger (nee Clark) died of natural causes at her home in Silver Lake Village, Ohio on August 5, 2009. She was 86.
Mrs. Berger was born and raised in Akron, Ohio and was a graduate of Garfield High School.
After high school, Mrs. Berger worked at the M. O"Neil Department Store in downtown Akron, before marrying William E. Berger in 1949 and becoming a homemaker.
Mrs. Berger was a long-time resident of Silver Lake and had been a member of the Silver Lake Garden Club and the Chautauqua Club of Silver Lake. Mrs. Berger was a very vivacious woman who loved being around people and socializing.

Married to the late William E. Berger, who worked for many years at the Akron Beacon Journal, she and Mr. Berger for many years were among the escorts for the Beacon Journal-sponsored annual Thanksgiving Holiday New York City Theater Tour. She and her husband also escorted on many occasions the local Akron Beacon Journal Spelling Bee champ to the Nationals held in Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Berger at one time was an active member of St. Luke"s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and for a number of years taught Sunday school there during her younger years.

Preceded in death by her husband, William E., she is survived by her son, Gerald W. of Akron, Ohio; her brother, Lewis P. Clark, Jr. of Azle, Texas; her sister, Kathleen L. Bennett of Coventry Township, Ohio; nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to thank Nurse Sharon and all of the other staff of Hospice of Summa who assisted with Mrs. Berger"s care at the end of her life, and also Amy and Mary Lou and Dr. Susan Jekielek of Hudson Family Practice and Dr. Massood Babai. The family especially wishes to thank Carol and Lyn Andrick, who took care of Mrs. Berger in her home for many years.

A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 22, at St. Luke"s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2121 Sixth Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221, Pastor Robert E. Linsz officiating. The family will greet friends for one hour prior to service time. A private interment will be conducted at Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to her church in her memory.