Emma Berg
Emma B. Berg, 102, of Lawrence, died June 7, 2007.
Born Jan. 16, 1905, at Topeka, she was the daughter of William and Rosa (Fury) Semple.
On Sept. 7, 1939, she married George Ernst Berg. He died in 1978.
She was a teacher and administrator in Douglas County and served as Douglas County superintendent of public instruction from 1949 to 1959.
She was preceded in death by two cousins, Victoria Svitak and Clara Franta.
Survivors include two nieces, Jane Cox of Phoenix, Ariz., and Nancy Menchen of Las Vegas, Nev.; and cousins, Sylvia Bezdek and George Svitak.
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