Rev. John T. Salberg

Reverend John T. Salberg The Reverend John T. Salberg died July 13, 2008, at his home in Middleton, Idaho. A retired priest of the Episcopal Church, he had served parishes in Comanche and Fort Worth, Texas, Aurora and Colorado Springs, Colo. and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Father John was born May 13, 1926 in Ridgway, Penn., the sixth child of Will C. Salberg and Ruth Coon Salberg. He graduated from Ridgway High School, Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, and Seabury Episcopal Seminary in Evanston, Ill. His first wife, Naida Nan Nelson Salberg died in 1961 and he later married Martha Shively Fjeseth in Fort Worth, Texas. He was a widower with no children --- she was a widow with four. He leaves one daughter, Carrie Ruth Huggins (Jack), and three grandchildren, Cy, Shive and Sage Huggins of Middleton. He is survived by his wife, Martha, step-children, Steven Fjeseth (Colleen) of Grand Junction, Colo.; Ellen Fjeseth Morgan of Vancouver and Seattle, Wash.; Sara Fjeseth Langworthy (Jack) of Boston, Mass. and Tracy Fjeseth Stoops (Tom) of Salem, Ore. Step-grandchildren are Jayme and Joshua Fjeseth and Kira and Elizabeth Stoops. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Carl, William and Richard Salberg and sister, Jane Salberg Spangler. He is survived by his sister, Claire Salberg Olson of Florida. A memorial service will be held at a later date and his ashes will be interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Penn.