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Samuel Berger[1, 2]  1895 - 1980

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• Born	01 Apr 1895	Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Birth Certificate Samuel Berger
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	02 Jun 1895	Zion's Blue Mountain Church, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Baptism Certificate minister: Thomas Calvin Leinbach sponsor: the Parents
  Census	20 Jun 1900	Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Benjamin S Berger (29,farmer), Mary J (29), Daniel (9), Maud (6), Samuel (5), George Ritzman (18, servant farm laborer)
  Census	06 May 1910	Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Upper Tulpehocken Township, 1910 Benjamin (39, Driver US Mail), Molly (39), Daniel (18, student), Maud (16, operator shirt factory), Samuel (15, operator shirt factory), Albert (8), Christina (68)
  Education	1915
  	1913-1915: Kutztown State Normal School
  		Yearbook Photo
  Military Draft	05 Jun 1917	Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		WWI Draft Registration
  Military Service	1918-1919	World War I, US Military
  	Pvt in Military Transport company 785 1918-1919
  		Induction Notice
  		WWI Enlistment
  		WWI Diary
  		Discharge
  		Private Samuel Berger with daughter Kathryn
  Census	19 Jan 1920	Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Spring Township, 1920 Samuel Berger (24), Helen M (22), Catheryn (1 3/12); Occupation: clerk in hosery mill
  Census	23 Apr 1930	West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		West Lawn Borough, 1930 103 Perkasie Avenue. Samuel Berger (35), Helen M (32), Kathryn M (11), Russell A (9), Betty M (2 10/12) Occupation: Mail clerk, Post office
  Census	23 Apr 1940	West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		West Lawn, 1940 Samuel Berger, 45; Helen, 43; Kathryn, 21; Russell, 19; Betty, 12; Richard, 7. Occupation, Clerk, Post Office
  Military Draft	27 Apr 1942	Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  		WWII draft registration
  Awards	30 Apr 1955
  	Silver Beaver Award
  		Presented by Boy Scouts of America for distinguished service to boyhood
  Awards	05 May 1962
  	Lamb Award
  		presented by National Lutheran Committee on Scouting for distinguished service to boyhood in the Lutheran church
  Biographical	1895-1980
  		Our Family’s 20th Century History in Biographies .. 6 Alison D. (Berger) Boor Samuel Berger (Poppop) April 1, 1895 - August 18, 1980, age 85 Buried at Pleasant View
  Died	18 Aug 1980	West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  	Detail: Reading Hospital
  	Cause: aucute myocardian infarction
  		Obituary Reading Eagle, Aug 19, 1980
  Buried	21 Aug 1980	Pleasant View Cemetery, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Funeral Card Samuel Berger, 1980
  		Tombstone Photo Berger · Samuel 1895 - 1980 WWI marker
  Person ID	I000008	Strausstown Roots | KaMaMaBaHe
  Last Modified	04 May 2011
  Father	Benjamin S Berger,   b. 13 Feb 1871, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 May 1939, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Mother	Mary Jane Potteiger,   b. 29 Apr 1871, Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 03 Mar 1953, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Married	14 Feb 1891	Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F00039	Group Sheet
  Family	Helen May Unger,   b. 02 Oct 1897, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 05 Nov 1978, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Married	3 Jul 1917	Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  	Detail: Rev. Ira W. Klick
  		Marriage Application Samuel Berger & Helen M. Unger
  		Marriage Certificate Samuel Berger & Helen Unger
  		Berger, Samuel & Helen (Unger) Marriage Announcement
  		Samuel Berger & Helen Unger, 1917
  Children	1. Kathryn Marie Berger,   b. 07 Oct 1918, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 03 Jun 1996, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania > 2. Russell Arthur Berger,   b. 21 Nov 1920, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Feb 2001, West Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania > 3. Living   4. Richard Samuel Berger,   b. 30 Nov 1932, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Nov 1992, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  Documents		Marriage Certificate Samuel Berger & Helen Unger
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2010
  Family ID	F00002	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Born - 01 Apr 1895 - Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Baptism - 02 Jun 1895 - Zion's Blue Mountain Church, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 20 Jun 1900 - Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 06 May 1910 - Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Military Draft - 05 Jun 1917 - Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania Married - Detail: Rev. Ira W. Klick - 3 Jul 1917 - Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 19 Jan 1920 - Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 23 Apr 1930 - West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Census - 23 Apr 1940 - West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Military Draft - 27 Apr 1942 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Died - Detail: Reading Hospital - 18 Aug 1980 - West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Sallie (Berger) Feick & nephew Samuel Berger
  		Shomo School, 1903
  		Benjamin Berger & Family Seated: Benjamin & Mary Jane (Potteiger) Berger; standing Albert, Daniel, Samuel & Maude Berger
  		Daniel, Samuel & Maude Berger
  		Samuel Berger Keystone State Normal School 3rd year 1915
  		Samuel Berger & baseball teammate
  		Samuel Berger & baseball teammate
  		Samuel Berger & Baseball Team
  		Berger, Samuel WWI
  		Pals Samuel Berger & Russell
  		Russell Berger, Mary Jane (Potteiger) Berger, Samuel Berger, Kerrie Berger 4 Generations
  		Bergers & Ungers
  		Samuel Berger, Siblings and Spouses Albert, Edna (Hummel), Samuel, Helen (Unger), Claude Strauss, Maud, Flora (Unger), Daniel
  		Samuel Berger & Eli Back porch, 103 Perkasie Avenue
  		Berger Brothers and Wives Albert & Edna, Daniel & Flora, Samuel & Helen
  		Bergers front: Flora (Unger), Dan, Edna (Hummel), Albert rear: Samuel, Helen (Unger), Maud (Berger) Strauss
  		Dan, Maud, Sam & Albert Berger
  		Sam & Helen (Unger) Berger
  		The Bride feeds the Groom - Sam & Helen 50th Anniversary
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Nana, Poppop & Granddaughters
  		Harvest time at 103 Nanna & Poppop
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Berger Homestead - 103 Perkasie Avenue, West Lawn
  		Classroom, Sam Berger teacher
  		Bergers & Ungers
  		Samuel Berger - I.O.O.F. Member
  		Samuel Berger, 1980
  Documents		Letter of Recommendation Calvin Unger, recommendation of Samuel Berger
  		Letter from Mary Jane Mary Jane to Sam, November 10, 1918
  		Keystone Baseball Team 1915 1st row 4 from left: Captian Samuel Berger
  		City Directory Reading area, 1937
  		City Directory Reading area, 1938
  		City Directory Reading area, 1941
  		Membership Certificate Samuel Berger - Muhlenberg Lodge No. 1085 I.O.O.F.
  		Samuel Berger - Cubbing Trainor certificate
  		Death Certificate Samuel Berger
  		Death Certificate Samuel Berger
  Military Records		Discharge Request Letter: Samuel Berger
  		Certificate of Remembrance Issued to Samuel Berger by the Carter Administration for service in WWI
  News		Berger, Samuel - Lamb Award Reading Eagle, July 16, 1972
  		Berger, Samuel - Odd Fellows 55 year membership pin

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  [S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 19 Aug 1980. Berger Services Scheduled Services for Samuel Berger, 85, of 103 Perkasie Ave., West Lawn, a former school teacher in Wernersville and West Lawn, will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. The Rev. William B. Fryer, Jr. will officiate in Advent Lutheran Church, West Lawn. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Spring Township. The Lamm & Witman Funeral Home, Wernersville, is in charge. Berger, who was graduated from the former Keysteone State Normal School, Kutztown, in 1915, died Monday in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where he was a patient since Aug. 7. Born in Upper Tulpehocken Township, he was a son of the late Benjamin and Mary Jane (Potteiger) Berger.Until retiring in 1958, he was employed as a clerk by the U.S. Postal Service in its Reading office for 37 years. He was a member of Advent Lutheran Church, Williamson Lodge 307, F & A M, Womelsdorf; DeMolay Commandery 9, Knights Templar; Creigh Council 16, Royal and Select Masters; Reading Chapter 152, Royal Arch Masons. He also was a former commisioner and present committeeman of Troop 473, Boy Scouts of America, West Lawn; was a member of Lehigh Valley Joshua Association, and the Independent Order Odd Fellows, Lodge 1175, Shillington. His wife, Helen M. (Unger) Berger, died Nov. 5, 1978. Surviving are two sons: Russell A., Rowley, Mass., and Richard S., Philadelphia, and two daughters: Kathryn M. Berger, at home, and Betty M., wife of Dorsen A. Berger, West Lawn. Also six granddaughters, seven great-grandchildren, and two brothers: Albert P., Shillington, and Daniel P., Reading. [S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 18 Aug 1980. Samuel Berger Samuel Berger, 85, of 103 Perkasie Ave., West Lawn, died today at 10:50 a.m. in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where he was admitted Aug. 7. The Lamm and Witman Funeral Home, Wernersville, has charge of arrangements.