Gerald Patrick Golberg

Gerald “Jerry” Patrick

Golberg peacefully passed

away on November 19,

2021 after having received

the last sacraments of the

Roman Catholic Church.

Surrounded by his loving

family and friends pray-

ing the rosary, he blessed

himself with the sign of

the cross and clung to his

rosary.

Jerry was born in Ro-

chester, Minnesota to Sel-

mar Leonard Golberg and

Ethel Mae Darmody on

March 17, 1927. He lived

with his Uncle Otto and

Aunt Marie Golberg from

10 years old to 14 years

old in Wild Horse, Colora-

do. At the age of 14 he

went back to Rochester,

MN and attended

Lourdes High School and

graduated with high

honors in 1945.

He was drafted in the

Army at the end of World

War II. He served for 18

months and received an

honorable discharge. He

then went on to work for

the Rochester Dairies for

28 years. On November

29, 1952 he married Eliza-

beth “Betty” Louise Chase.

Jerry and Betty raised 8

children. In 1968 Jerry

moved his family to

Powers Lake, North Dako-

ta. There, Jerry worked for

Our Lady Queen of the

Prairies Shrine, Powers

Lake Creamery, and start-

ed his own company –

Golberg Dairy Equipment.

In the fall of 1973, he pur-

chased Watford City

Creamery and in 1974 he

moved the family to Wat-

ford City, North Dakota.

After 2 1/2 years, Jerry

shut down the creamery

and went full time in buy-

ing and selling used dairy

equipment. In the fall of

1978, Jerry purchased the

Red Trail Campground of

Medora, North Dakota and

moved there in the spring

of 1979. Jerry continued

with his Golberg Dairy

Equipment business. Jerry

and Betty were “snow

birds.” For 33 years they

lived in Tucson, Arizona

during the winter months

and lived in Medora, ND

in the summer. Shortly

after Betty passed away,

Jerry moved to St. Marys,

Kansas and continued

with his Golberg Dairy

Equipment business.

Jerry enjoyed working.

He always said, “If you

like what you are doing,

it’s not work.” He attribut-

ed his success to God. He

often said, “I’m not smart

enough to know what I

am doing, but God knows

what He is doing with

me.” He was always hap-

py about the fact that he

taught all of his children

how to work.

Jerry is survived by: his

8 children; Patrick Gerald

Golberg (Sally) – Watford

City, ND, Mary Louise

Schneider – Medora, ND,

Joseph “Joe” Matthew Gol-

berg (Bonnie) – Belfield,

ND, Mark “Olie” Olaf Gol-

berg (Cecelia) – Medora,

ND, Daniel Luke Golberg

– Bismark, ND, John

Robert Golberg (Cory) –

Bismark, ND, Rose Marie

Zapp (Paul) – St. Marys,

KS, Nancy Ann Larson –

Draper, UT; siblings Jean

Born (Richard) (sister) –

Rochester, MN, Janice Ab-

jain (sister) – Fullerton,

CA, Jerry and Jeanie

Chase (in-laws) – Tucson

AZ, many nieces and

nephews, 23 grandchil-

dren, 59

great-grandchildren, and 1

great-great-granddaughter.

He is preceded in death

by: Ethel Golberg (moth-

er), Selmar Golberg (fa-

ther), Elizabeth

Chase (wife of 60 years),

Shirley Winslo (sister),

Robert Golberg (brother),

a grandson Anthony

Schneider, 2 nephews and

a niece.

Requiem mass will be at

11:15 AM, Wednesday,

November 24, 2021 at As-

sumption Chapel in St

Marys.

Interment will be in

Our Lady of Peace

Cemetery. A rosary will

be recited at 5:20 PM

Wednesday, November

24, 2021 at the church.

Mr. Golberg will lie in

state at the funeral from

1:00 PM until 4:00

PM Wednesday after-

noon.