Genevieve Berg

Genevieve Berg, 67, was

called to heaven April 3,

2020 after passing away,

with her husband by her

side, at Sanford Health

following complications

due to her blood disorder.

Private family Mass of

Christian burial will be

held on Tuesday, April 7,

2020, with a burial at the

North Dakota Veteran’s

Cemetery. A celebration

of her life will be held at a

later date.

Genevieve Margaret

Schell was born February

25, 1953 in Rugby, ND to

Peter and Barbara Schell.

She was raised on a fami-

ly farm near Towner with

her thirteen siblings. She

loved country life, riding

horse and singing and

playing her guitar with

her sisters at special

events. Genny attended

Berwick Grade School

and graduated from

Towner High School in

1971. She was then em-

ployed as a secretary in

Rugby for Production

Credit Associates and

later JC Penney as a cata-

log supervisor.

During this time, Genny

met her first husband, Al-

len Volk. They were mar-

ried in August of 1979

and resided in Minot.

From this marriage, came

two daughters, Sarah and

Lisa. Due to an unexpect-

ed medical condition, Al-

len passed away in 1985

after six years of marriage

with Genny. Sarah was

just 5 years old and Lisa

was only a newborn at 5

months old. Taking care

of her young girls became

the utmost priority in her

life.

Four years later, in

March of 1989, Genny

married Steven Berg and

they made their home of

31 years in Bismarck.

Four years later, the birth

of their daughter, Whit-

ney, completed their fami-

ly. Genny’s role as a wife,

mother and grandmother

is what she cherished

most in life. Having her

family all gathered togeth-er filled her heart with

love and brought her im-

mense joy.

Genny was a gifted

writer and wrote beauti-

fully about real life ex-

periences, which she

wrote about in her daily

journal and shared in per-

sonal letters and greeting

cards. She wrote and il-

lustrated several

children’s books for her

daughters and her

grandchildren. Genny also

loved curling up in her

recliner with a good book

and a warm blanket.

Genny brought joy and

beauty to the world

through her loving ways,

personal attention to fami-

ly and friends and count-

less hours of planting

flowers around her home.

Anyone who walked into

her backyard was quick to

see her love of gardening

and accomplished green

thumb. For 20 years, Gen-

ny also planted flowers at

the Ascension Catholic

Church, where her family

regularly attended weekly

services. She wanted to

share her love of flowers

and spread beauty to all

who gathered there.

A very important part of

Genny’s life was her deep

faith and love for God.

Even through the most

difficult times, her faith

was unwavering and she

found strength in know-

ing that He was always

with her. She found great

comfort in praying for her

family and those she

loved.

The family would like

to thank the many doctors

and nurses at Sanford

Health who took care of

Genny over the past 31

years. She had a deep ap-

preciation for the wonder-ful nurses of the Sanford

Infusion Center, whom

she came to know and

love as she received hun-

dreds of treatments for

her lifelong blood disord-

er. Her genuine caring

and loving actions and

meaningful words of wis-

dom are what made her

bond with everyone so

special and life lasting.

Genny’s life is a legacy

built on family and

friendship that she con-

tinuously nurtured

through meaningful

words and actions that

displayed her kindness,

generosity and sincerity.

All who knew her truly

loved her and knew she

was special.

Genny is survived by:

her loving husband,

Steve; three daughters,

Sarah (Erik) Olson, Lisa

(Jamie) Bercier and Whit-

ney Berg; six grandchil-

dren, Emma and Ava Ol-

son, Marshall and Sawyer

Bercier, Branson Bell and

Cecelia Dixon; siblings,

Pasty (Dale) Luther, Fred

(Becky) Schell, Carol Gar-

man, Frank (Metta)

Schell, Barb (Gerry) Volk,

Carlotta Schall, Kathy

(Gordy) Boutilier, Myron

(Carol) Schell, Renae

(Fritz) Perkins and Brian

Schell; sisters-in-law,

Carole Schell and Judith

Schell; and many

nephews, nieces and

numerous close friends.

Genny was preceded in

death by: her husband,

Allen; parents, Peter and

Barbara Schell; brothers,

Kenny Schell and Larry

Schell; sister, Bernice

Schell; and

brothers-in-law, Jerry Gar-

man and Duane Schall.

If you wish to leave the

family a message of con-

dolence please visit

www.bismarck

funeralhome.com to sign

the online guest book.