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| 10. |  Berger Eugene TODD was born on 10 Oct 1913 in Riviera, Kleberg, Texas, USA (son of Louis Henry TODD and Sallie Leota CHAMPION); died on 21 May 2007 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 24 May 2007 in Art West Cemetery, Art, Mason, Texas, USA. Notes:
Berger married Mildred Louise Willmann on 20 Mar 1970 in Mason, Texas.
Berger attended public schools in Texas, graduating from Beeville High School in 1933. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1937. While there he was a member of the livestock judging team. He came to Fayette County to start a vocational agriculture program at Fayetteville High School. He moved to Brenham two years later to start a similar program there. He served in the Army during World War II. After his discharge from the service, he was employed by Carnation Company as manager of Washington County’s first receiving plant. In 1952, he along with his wife and brother-in-law, Lester von Rosenberg, and Lester’s wife, bought the Pontiac, Oldsmobile and International Harvester dealership in La Grange. He remained in that business for 35 years, retiring in 1987.
Berger established a 12th Man Endowed Scholarship at Texas A&M and the Lois von Rosenberg Todd Scholarship benefitting students from La Grange High School. He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of La Grange. He was also an active Rotarian before moving to La Grange. He helped organize La Grange’s first Rotary Club.
Died:
at St. Mark’s Medical Center
Berger married Lois Marie VON ROSENBERG on 29 Dec 1939 in Fayetteville, Fayette, Texas, USA. Lois (daughter of Albert Frederick VON ROSENBERG and Monica Agnes VON STRUVE) was born on 7 Sep 1920 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 16 Aug 1966 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Aug 1966 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. |  Lois Marie VON ROSENBERG was born on 7 Sep 1920 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA (daughter of Albert Frederick VON ROSENBERG and Monica Agnes VON STRUVE); died on 16 Aug 1966 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Aug 1966 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Notes:
Lois met her future husband at Fayetteville, Texas, where they were both teaching in the high school. They were introduced by Lois’s cousin, Kelsye Weber Garces. Between 1939 and 1952, she and B. E. resided in Fayetteville, Brenham and Austin before returning to La Grange where she lived the final 14 years of her life. There she and her husband operated the local International Harvester, Pontiac and Oldsmobile dealership.
Died:
at 1:00 p.m. at Fayette Memorial Hospital
Children:
- Terrye Jean TODD was born on 16 Oct 1940 in Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA; died on 18 May 1969 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried on 23 May 1969 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.
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- Kathlyn TODD was born on 16 Dec 1946 in Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA; died on 9 Jun 1948 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried on 10 Jun 1948 in La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA.
- 5. Lucy Lynn TODD was born on 10 Jun 1951 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; died on 18 Jan 2021; was buried in Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
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