HJR516 Summary

• Honors Mary Von Berg on her 100th birthday, celebrated on March 9, 2010
• Born Mary Malinda Ratliff on March 9, 1910, in Powell Butte, Oregon; experienced childhood hardship including her mother's death in an influenza outbreak and separation from siblings in an orphanage
• Married Russell Von Berg in June 1926 and moved to Sacramento, California; had three sons and worked with her husband assisting developmentally challenged adults at the Kainos Group Home in San Bruno, California for 26 years
• Relocated to Enterprise, Alabama in 1992 to live with her widowed daughter-in-law; remained active until age 97, bowling twice weekly and learning to use computers for email and photography
• Survived by one son, three daughters-in-law, nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren; recognized for her keen mind, kind heart, and indomitable spirit