Kathryn Marie Berg

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Kathryn Marie Berg, 88, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

Kathryn was born near Hiawatha, KS on December 10, 1932 to George Albert and Dorothy Anna Wilhelmine (Fiegenbaum) Onek. Kathryn attended schools in Hiawatha and graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1951.

Kathryn married Henry Mitchell Berg on April 4, 1954. Kathryn and Henry met through youth fellowship between area Lutheran churches. Henry was the love of her life. Henry preceded her in death on March 2, 2014. They were married almost 60 years. Together they owned and operated Berg’s IGA in Westmoreland and Berg’s Super Saver

in Auburn. After they sold the stores, she continued to work as a cashier for another grocery store chain. She raised five children. After she retired, she raised a granddaughter. Her pride and joy was her family. She loved having them all gathered together. She counted many of her kids’ friends as her own.

Kathryn was a woman of faith; she had been a longtime member of Christ Lutheran Church and St. John’s  Lutheran Church, Topeka, KS. In their younger years, Henry and she enjoyed square dancing. Kathryn liked doing embroidery, working puzzle books, and bird-watching. Henry and she would go out for long drives in the country, exploring the back roads. She was an excellent cook and baker; her family especially enjoyed her cinnamon rolls, chocolate sheet cake and meatballs and gravy. Over the last few years, she liked to watch the Game Show Network, TLC, and DIY home improvement shows.

Kathryn is survived by her children, Tim Berg, Topeka, Jeanette (Doug) Torok, Olathe, Scott (Becky) Berg, Topeka, Katy Lundgren, Kingsville, Missouri, and her daughter-in-law Margaret Carreno, Topeka; her “adopted” children, Yvonne Carreno, Cyndi Turner, John Berg, Doug Campbell, and Tim Manges; her three grandchildren, Mitchell Bowers, Addie Bowers and David Hall; her eight great-grandchildren; her siblings, Martha Biesenthal and Louis Onek; her brother-in-law Marvin Bosse and her sister-in-law Carolyn Onek. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband; her daughters, Anne Hunter (June 28, 2019) and Lynnette Berg (December 30, 2019); her sister Wilma Bosse, her brother Robert Onek, her brother-in-law Cleason Biesenthal, and her sister-in-law Patty Onek.

Kathryn will lie in state from 1:00 – 5:00 pm on Friday, April 16, 2021, at the Campanella-Stewart Funeral Home, 4370 Salzer Rd in Wamego, KS. The family will not be present. Funeral services will be held at Campanella-Stewart Funeral Home on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at 11:00 am, with a visitation beginning at 10:00 am. Burial will follow at the Berg Cemetery at 1:00 pm. Masks and social distancing will be observed. Memorial contributions are suggested to Aldersgate Village Life Plan Community or American Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research. Memorials may be sent in care of Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home, PO Box 48, Wamego, KS 66547.