Lester May Berg (1924 - 2015)

Born 8 Apr 1924 in Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Died 11 Feb 2015 at age 90 in Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Lester Berg was born April 8, 1924 in New York to Martin Berg and Nancy Lutz. ^[1]

In 1940, Lester, age 15, was living in his mother's household in Dayton, Cattaraugus, New York with his six younger siblings.^[2]

Lester died at the age of 90 on February 11, 2015 and was buried in Rutledge Cemetery, Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York. According to his obituary reference on "Find A Grave", he was married to Ruth Ivett on September 3, 1943, who predeceased him, and was survived by four children. He was retired from the New York State Department of Transportation.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7H8-663 : accessed 14 April 2018), Lester Berg in household of Martin Berg, Dayton, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 5A, line 45, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1409; FHL microfilm 2,341,144.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ1M-BL3 : accessed 15 April 2018), Lester Berg in household of Nancy Berg, Dayton Town, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-14, sheet 7B, line 43, family 141, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2505.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-2NL6 : 13 December 2015), Lester May Berg, ; Burial, Conewango, Cattaraugus, New York, United States of America, Rutledge Cemetery; citing record ID 11253081, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.