Clara Berger

1923 - 2016

TELL CITY – Clara Berger, 92, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Deaconess VNA Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville.
She was born Oct. 16, 1923, the youngest of eight children, to the late Paul and Catherine (Schneider) Schmidt.
Clara was united in marriage on June 27, 1949, to Virgil Berger. They were married for 42 years. She retired 1986 from General Electric after 44 years. She was a member of St. Paul Church and the VFW Women's Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing euchre and traveling.
Survivors include two daughters, Virgilee (Forrest Kevin) Jackson of Boonville and Frances Berger of Tell City; a son, Paul (Sandy) Berger of Cannelton; four grandchildren, Eugenia (Robert) Retter, Deborah Jackson, Jefferson (Mandy) Jackson and Brandon Berger; three great-grandchildren, Katelyn and Kevin Retter and Aubrey Jackson; and many nieces and nephews, including niece, Clara Kress of Tell City, who helped care for her.
Preceding her in death are her husband, Virgil Berger; sisters, Claudia Doogs, Natahlia Schmidt, Flora Morton, Edna Payne, Helen Schmidt, Pauline Kress, and Evelyn Wheatley Luecke.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Central time, Wednesday, May 11, at St. Paul Catholic Church. Rev. Dennis Duvelius will officiate. Burial will follow in St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be at Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2 to 7 p.m. and Wednesday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Memorial contributions may be made Cornea Research Foundation of America, 9002 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46260.
Messages of condolence may be left at www.zoercher-gillickfuneralhome.com.