Obituary for Janey Berg
Shirley Jane Berg, “Janey”
Shirley Jane Berg died peacefully at home in Hood River, Oregon March 28, 2024. She suffered from advanced dementia. She remained so sweet and loving; consistently telling her daughters how beautiful they are. She continued to recognize her loved ones. She developed a love of tattoos. She never saw one she didn’t like. And she always found comfort in her old country songs. She was born to Robert Curtis Lantis and Hope Montana Johnson on September 16, 1945 in Great Falls Montana. She had 4 siblings. She is predeceased by Carol Lynne Lantis and Robert Lynn Lantis. She had 2 other sisters, Patricia Hagquist and Barbara Jean Lantis.
She grew up in Lincoln, Montana. She would fondly recall swimming the Blackfoot river in the summer and helping her dad feed potato peelings to the local deer population in the winter. She boarded away for high school and graduated from Helena high school in 1964.
Mom married her sweetheart, Dennis Berg, on January 6, 1966 in St Anthony, Idaho after knowing each other for 17 days. She was singing in the VFW club surrounded by 5 other men when Dennis put a quarter in the jukebox and danced her away under the mistletoe. When he made to move in for a kiss, she turned her head, he kissed her on the neck and that was that. They were in love. They were side by side until her passing.
They moved 23 times in the first 13 years of marriage. Once Dad found the Hood River Valley they stayed for over 45 years. The farm was full of chickens, ducks, geese, horses, cows, sheep, dogs, cats and rabbits. When asked what she grew on their farm, she replied, “Children”.
Mom worked primarily in the home and raised 7 children. Shirley, Mary, Mark, Katina, Karyn, Justin and Charity. Being a mother was her greatest joy. Mom made sure there was bread just out of the oven when her kids got off the bus. Her life was filled with school sports, games, plays, candy land, music & her church.
She lovingly made matching dresses for her kids for Easter and Christmas. Our favorite Christmas memories include homemade Barbie furniture and homemade Barbie wardrobes. We also remember the year Cabbage Patch dolls were impossible to find, we got homemade ones.
Mom baked and decorated beautiful wedding cakes for friends and family. Her beautiful gardens were full of herbs, flowers and vegetables. She was also a dedicated herbalist who helped many people in the valley with herbs, salves and tinctures.
After her children grew, she learned beautiful calligraphy which decorated her walls and those of her children. Mom was talented musically. She sang and wrote songs. She played piano, guitar, violin and accordion. She had perfect pitch. She was a member of a double quartet. She sang in her church choir. Mom also arranged special musical programs for Christmas and Easter.
Her relationship with her Savior was very important to her. She was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1961. She was sealed for time and eternity to her husband and children in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1971. She served in numerous leadership positions within the church and taught many classes. She was a brilliant scriptorian. She had a firm testimony that Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of the world. We feel peace with the hope that we will be reunited with our Mom after this life and that families can be together forever.
She is survived by her 25 Grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren: Christopher Nye, Denise Folkman, Kevin Nye, Hayley Hawkins, Elizabeth Wilnauer, Allyssa Wells, Emma Schade, Madisyn Thorpy, Colton Berg, Normandy Labrum, Thor Labrum, Cassius Labrum, Steel Labrum, Jaley Labrum, Abram Labrum, Reagan Labrum, Jenna Berg, Morgan Berg, Taryn Berg, Anna Berg, Logan Berg, Wyatt Manning, Kenzi Manning, Blake Manning, Kass Manning, predeceased by Addilyn Manning and Greta Labrum. Great grandchildren: Tano, Riyo, Hadley, Everly, Taylor, Julie, Scottie, Brooklyn, Blake, Brody, Holland, Chase, Rowen, Asher, and Shiloh.
There was a loving reunion in heaven for Janey with her special friend, Joan Pratt, and her best friend of 50 years, Ida Hatch.
Mom created a loving family with Dennis and their children. She collected many people into her circle over the years and made a family of friends and loved ones.
Services for Janey are planned for as follows;
Urn Committal & Dedication of Grave
10:15 am, Friday, April 19th, 2024 at Willamette National Cemetery of Portland.
Memorial Service
11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at The Hood River Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.
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