July 18, 2018

JOSIE ESSING, 85, of Manson, died July 14. Survivors include her daughters, Kristine Nelson & Stacy Engram, both of Maryland; step-children, Heather Abbott, Minnesota, & Blake Essing, Missouri; 8 grandsons; & brother, Robert Steinberg, Missouri. She was born August 25, 1932, at Manson.

H. MERVIN BERG, 83, of Rockwell City, died July 9. Survivors include his wife, Rachel; sons, Bryant Berg, Minnesota, Monte Berg, Cedar Falls & Kole Berg, Kansas; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-granddaughter; sister, Alice Hardyk, Sioux City; & brother, Alan Berg, Rockwell City. He was born January 31, 1935, in Fort Dodge.