Alvina Berg
June 5, 1917-May 28, 2020
Alvina Berg, 102, Doug-
las, passed away on
Thursday, May 28, 2020
surrounded by her loving
family in a Turtle Lake
Assisted Living Center.
Alvina was born June 5,
1917 on the family farm
south of Minot, the
daughter of Ole and Mina
(Kleven) Fjeld. She was
raised on the farm in the
South Prairie area and
educated at country
schools in that area. She
assisted with the opera-
tion of the family farm in
Freedom Township.
Alvina was united in
marriage to Sven Berg on
July 10, 1937 at Bethany
Lutheran Church in
Minot. They made their
home on a farm in Hilton
Township of Ward Coun-
ty, North Dakota, where
along with being blessed
with two children, they
raised small grains and
cattle and operated a
dairy farm. Sven died in
1975. Alvina continued to
live on the farm until she
turned 100 years young.
After that time, she lived
with her daughter, Judy,
until recently entering a
Turtle Lake Assisted Liv-
ing Center.
Alvina was a former
member of Spring Lake
Lutheran Church, rural
Douglas and was a
member of Saron Luth-
eran Church, rural Minot.
She enjoyed baking, gar-
dening, reading and trav-
eling.
Her loving family in-
cludes: children, Paul
(Betty) Berg, Douglas, ND;
Judy (Larry) Rice, Turtle
Lake, ND; 6 grandchildren
to include: Brian Berg,
Darla (Dave) Iverson,
Duane Berg, Bryce (Wen-
dy) Berg, Randy (Rachel)
Rice, Robyn (Ryan)
Goven; 13
great-grandchildren to in-
clude: Wyatt Strilcov, Jus-
tin Berg, Madilyn Berg,
Katelyn Berg, Carly (Je-
rod) Fleming, LaShae
Berg, Makayla Berg,
Ginger Goven, Monica
Goven, Sadie Goven, Reg-
gie Rice, Ray Rice &
Richard Rice; one
great-great-grandchild,
Jace Fleming.
Alvina was preceded in
death by: her parents,
husband of 38 years,
Sven; brothers, Carl, Mar-
tin, Alvin, Olaf, John and
Elmer Fjeld.
Celebration of Life ser-
vice: Due to the COVID
restrictions, there will be
a Private Family service
on Tuesday, June 2, 2020
at 11:00 a.m. in Saron
Lutheran Church, rural
Minot. Those wishing to
view a livestream of the
service can do so by ac-
cessing Alvina’s obituary
on the Thomas Family
Funeral Home website.
Interment: Spring Lake
Cemetery, rural Douglas,
ND.
Public Visitation: Mon-
day, June 1 from 4:00-6:00
p.m. in the Thomas Fami-
ly Funeral Home, Minot.
Memorials: preferred to
Saron Lutheran Church or
the Turtle Lake Nursing
Care Facility.
Those wishing to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories are
invited to use the expres-
sions of sympathy section
at (www.thomasfamily
funeralhome.com).