Submitted by: John C. Monk

Margaret G. Berger

June 2, 1917 - Jan. 3, 2010
GRANGER - Margaret G. Berger, 92, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010, in Fountainview Place of Mishawaka. Margaret was born on June 2, 1917, in Fremont, Indiana, to George and Sara (Thrasher) Housman. On June 29, 1941, in Fremont, Margaret married Bruce H. Berger Jr., who passed away September 28, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Sherman Housman. She is survived by her daughter, Kaye Margaret Brown of South Bend; two granddaughters, Lisa Ciastko of Valparaiso and Lora (Martin) Lukaszewski of Mishawaka; one great-granddaughter, Sarah Davis of Mishawaka; and a sister, Donna Jean Stuart of Avilla, IN. Margaret retired as a cook from South Bend School City, and owned a ceramics business where she taught ceramic classes. She was a former member of Eastern Star. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 7th, in Welsheimer Family Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, with Larry Whitehead officiating. Entombment will follow at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. In Margaret's memory contributions may be made to The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637. Family and friends may leave e-mail condolences at www.welsheimer.com.

Published in South Bend Tribune from January 5 to January 6, 2010