Berger Eugene TODD

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]

1. 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.
2. Living
3. 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.
4. 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.

Notes:

Died:
at 8:30 p.m. at his residence, 1625 6th St.

Louis married Sallie Leota CHAMPION in 1893 in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, USA. Sallie (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 17 Jun 1875 in Texas, USA; died on 9 Jun 1960 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA; was buried on 10 Jun 1960 in Seaside Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
at 3 a.m. at her residence, 1625 6th St.

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]