Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....Berg, Joseph Leonard October 4, 2004
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Kimbrell Stern - 2004
Date of Birth: July 23, 1915  
Date of Death: October 04, 2004  

 
 Dr. Joseph Leonard Berg, 89, of Albany, died Monday, October 4, 2004 at his 
home. His funeral service will be WEDNESDAY, 11 AM at Walden Chapel of the 
First United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. 
The Revs. Michael McAfee, Scott Hagan, and Donald Kea will officiate.

 Dr. Berg practiced ophthalmology in Albany from 1948 to 1998. Born July 23, 
1915 in Macon, GA, he was the oldest son of the late Leonard and Willie Lee 
Darby Berg of Macon, GA. He was a graduate of Lanier High School and Mercer 
University. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia 
in Augusta and interned there at University Hospital. Dr. Berg was a flight 
surgeon in World War II for the 401st fighter-bomber squadron, in the US Army 
Air Corps. He served in the entire campaign on the western front in Europe 
including the Air Offensive Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Ardenne (Battle 
of the Bulge), Rhineland, and Central Europe. He achieved the rank of captain 
and received six battle stars plus the Presidential distinguished unit 
citation. Following the war, he was a resident at Barnes-McMillan Hospital at 
Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and a resident physician in 
ophthalmology at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Berg 
was a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology; a Life Fellow of the 
American Academy of Ophthalmology; and a member of the American Medical 
Association, the Medical Association of Georgia, the Dougherty County Medical 
Society, and the Southern Medical Association. For many years, he was on the 
staff of Phoebe Putney and Palmyra Hospitals. He was a former president of the 
Albany Lions Club; a member of First United Methodist Church, a past chairman 
of its administrative board, and a member of the Hudson Malone Sunday school 
class; and a past member of the Walter H. Burt American Legion Post 30. 

Dr. Berg is survived by his wife of 61 years, Evelyn Chandler Berg, formerly of 
Augusta; three children: Elizabeth Barry and her husband Don, Albany; Susan 
Frenzel and her husband Jim, Atlanta; Dr. Chandler Berg and his wife Karen, 
Albany; a brother: James Berg, Macon, four grandchildren: Chuck Frenzel, 
Atlanta, Lindsay, Lara, and Patrick Berg, all of Albany. The family will 
receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern Tuesday from 5-7 PM. Those desiring may send 
memorials to First United Methodist Church or Albany Community Hospice. 

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