Ardella Berg

Ardella Berg, age 77, of rural Westside, Iowa, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Regency Park Nursing Home in Carroll. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 A.M., Saturday, August 1, 2009, at St. John Church in Arcadia. The Celebrant will be Father Joe Dillinger. Lector will be a granddaughter, Kelly Kannel. Gift Bearers will be Mrs. Berg’s daughters, Sue Ann Heuton, Brenda Johnson, and Julie Eich. Mass Servers will be Ashley and Kelsey Blum. Eucharistic Ministers will be Tom Heuton, Tom Eich, and Richard Ricke. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mrs. Berg’s grandchildren and great grandchildren. Casket Bearers will be grandsons, Jeremy Heuton, Matt Heuton, Eric Johnson, Daniel Eich, Joe Berg, and Mark Berg. Burial will be at St. John Cemetery in Arcadia. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 2:30 P.M. Friday. There will be a Christian wake service at 3 P.M. Friday by St. John Parish. A rosary will be prayed at 7 P.M. Friday by St. John Guild. Mrs. Berg was born on April 4, 1932, at Manning, Iowa, the daughter of John and Johanna (Muhlbauer) Singsank. She spent her younger years in the Manning community and graduated from Manning High School. On September 26, 1951, she was married to Donald C. Berg at Sacred Heart Church in Manning. Mr. Berg was in the U.S. Marine Corp so the couple spent their first three years at Camp Pendleton, California. In 1954 they moved to their farm north of Westside. Ardella was a homemaker and helped on the farm and in later years worked at the Arcadia Country Store and Westside Diner. She was a member of St. John Parish and the Parish Guild. Mrs. Berg enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. Survivors include her children, Michael Berg and his wife Kathy of Arcadia, Kenneth Berg and his wife Doreen of Ames, Sue Ann Heuton and her husband Tom of Glidden, Randy Berg of Westside, Brenda Johnson and her husband Chris of Arcadia, and Julie Eich and her husband Tom of Arcadia; sixteen grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; a brother, Earl Singsank and his wife Jean of Manning; sisters, Verna Hass and her husband Merlin of Manning, Laurel Vogl and her husband Earl of Carroll, and Cleo Hansen and her husband Gary of Overland Park, Kansas; and a sister-in-law, Connie Singsank of Manning. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Berg, in April 2001; her parents; a granddaughter, Laura Elizabeth Heuton; brother, Glenn Singsank, and a sister, Margaret Popp.

Ardella Berg

April 4, 1932 - July 29, 2009