Sigurd Ulrich Bergh

Sigurd Ulrich Bergh

• Sigurd Ulrich Bergh was born on 26 September 1885 in Wisconsin.
• He served during World War I, enlisting on 21 September 1917, and released 19 July 1919.
• He married Hazel Marie Weis, daughter of Charles Weis and Amy L. Weaver, on 4 June 1924 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
• Sigurd Ulrich Bergh and Hazel Marie Weis appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, at 706 58th Street. Other members of the household included Amy L. Weaver.
• He was employed as an editor by the telephone company, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 16 November 1946 in the Lincoln Evening Journal: Mr. and Mrs. Sigurd Begh of Omaha are in Lincoln for the football week end and to visit their daughter, Miss Amy Jo Bergh, who is a freshman at the University of Nebraska.
• The following appeared on 18 October 1949 in the Omaha Morning World-Herald: Sigurd U. Bergh, 64, of 706 North Fifty-eighth Street, was taken to Immanuel Hospital Monday afternoon by the Fire Department Rescue Squad after he suffered a heart attack.
       Mr. Bergh is editor of Northwester Bell, house organ of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company.
       Mr. Bergh became ill at Sisteenth and Harney Streets and went to the office of a friend in the City National Bank Building. He was taken to the hospital from there. Hospital authorities late Monday listed Mr. Bergh's condition as "fairly good."
• Sigurd Ulrich Bergh became a widower at the 18 August 1972 death of his wife Hazel Marie Weis.
• Sigurd Ulrich Bergh died on 27 May 1980 at age 94.
• He was interred at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
• The following appeared on 28 May 1980 in the Omaha World-Herald: [Died] Sigurd U. Bergh, of 224 S. 86th St. Age 94 yrs. Passed away Tues., May 27, 1980. Preceded in death by his wife, Hazel. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Philip Van B. (Amy Jo) Whiting, of Omaha, Mrs. Richard (Pokey) Nichols, Birmingham, Mich; 4 grandchildren, Jill and Luci Whiting, Bradford and Aimee Nichols. Services Fri. 3:30 PM from Colonial Chapel. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Crosby Burket, Colonial Chapel, 11902 W. Center Rd.
• The following appeared on 29 May 1980 in the Omaha World-Herald: Funeral services for Sigurd Bergh, former editor of the Northwestern BEll Telephone Co. magazine, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Crosby-Kunold-Burket Colonial Chapel.
       Bergh, 94, of 224 S. 84th St., died Tuesday. He had suffered from asthma, said Philip Whiting, his son-in-law.
       Bergh, editor of the monthly magazine for 27 years, graduated in 1908 from St. Olaf College of Northfield, Minn., and was with The Associated Press in San Francisco in 1916-17.
       For 18 years after his retirement in 1950, Bergh edited the Shrine Tangier Temple magazine and was involved with Travelers Health magazine, Whiting said.
       He was an elder of Dundee Presbyterian Church, served as president of the Omaha Advertising Club and was active in the Masons and the Shrine, Whiting said.
       Bergh was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Wise Bergh, a former editor for the Minneapolis Tribune and a weekly Minneapolis entertainment guide.
       Survivors include two daughters, Amy Jo Whiting of Omaha and Pokey Nichols of Birmingham, Mich., and four grandchildren.

• Last Edited: 30 Oct 2014