Submitted by: Dan Rich
Oct. 10, 1931 - Jan. 10, 1997
South Bend Tribune 1/12/1997
Delores M. Berger, 65, of Lexington Ave., South Bend, Ind., died at 3:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born Oct. 10, 1931, in Mishawaka, Ind., and was a lifelong area resident.
On Aug. 18, 1956, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, South Bend, as Delores Haley, she married Edmund C. Berger, who survives. She is also survived by three daughters, Marianne L. Kaczmarek and her husband Ron, Charlene M. Deters and her husband John, both of South Bend, and Kimberley A. Clark and her husband Dane of North Liberty, Ind.; seven grandchildren, Christopher, JohnMichael and Timothy Deters, all of South Bend, Heather, Bryan, Victoria and Zackary Clark of North Liberty; her mother, Mary Frances Stark of South Bend; a sister, Teresa Lamirand of Denver, Colo.; and a brother, G. Robert Stark of Belmont, Mich. She was preceded in death by her father, George Stark, and by two brothers, David and James Stark.
Mrs. Berger was a homemaker. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, where she was president of the Altar and Rosary societies in 1990 and 1991. Services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, in Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., where a parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Entombment will be in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association, 2410 Grape Road, Suite 5A, Mishawaka, IN 46545.