Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....BERGMAN, MYRTLE C.  April 12, 1956
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Gladwin County Record dated 04-18/1956 Column - 7 Page - 1 
MOTHER AND SON PASS AWAY WITHIN 24 HOURS

   Death twice within 24 hours visited a Beaverton family, claiming the lives 
of a mother and her son. Mrs. Myrtle C. Bergman, 61, of near Beaverton, died 
Saturday evening after a four-month illness. that resulted following a stroke. 
Her son, David Warren Bergman, 33, of near Beaverton, died Sunday evening at 
the Veterans hospital in Ann Arbor following a short illness. 
   Mrs. Bergman, the former Miss Myrtle Parkinson, was born Oct. 2, 1895 in 
Berrien county and married Lawrence Bergman May 31, 1914 in Beavertn. With her 
husband she had resided on a farm in Tobacco township. She had been a resident 
of the county since a child. Before her illness, she held the office of 
township clerk. She was a member of the Beaverton Church of the Brethren and 
of the Ladies Aid society of the church.
   Surviving are her husband, Lawrence; four daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Arehart, 
of Beaverton; Mrs. Eleanor F. Tucker, of Albuquerque, N. M., and Mrs. Jean 
Berner, and Miss Ann Bergman, both of Midland; three sons, Lawrence W., Thomas 
D. and Calvin J., all of Beaverton; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Percy 
Parkinson, Detroit; and one sister, Mrs. Grace Crowell of Beaverton.
   Funeral services for Mrs. Bergman were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 
o'clock at the Beaverton Church of the Brethren, with the Rev. Earl Atkinson 
officiating. Burial was in the Dale cemetery. 
   David W. Bergman was born May 27, 1923 in Beaverton and married the former 
Miss Belva Murphy in June of 1947. He was a veteran of World War II, having 
spent four years in the service, two overseas. He had been employed as an 
operating construction engineer until his illness. Surviving are his wife; two 
sons, Peter, five, and James, seven; his father, Lawrence; four sisters and 
three brothers. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Dale 
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Larry Grubaugh officiating. 

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