AL HR513

Honors Mary Von Berg on her 100th birthday on March 9, 2010, born Mary Malinda Ratliff on March 9, 1910, on the Johnson Ranch outside Powell Butte, Oregon.

Recognizes her early hardships including her mother's death in an influenza outbreak when she was seven and her placement in an orphanage with six siblings who were adopted to separate families.

Acknowledges her marriage to Russell Von Berg in June 1926, their 26 years together, three sons (Kenneth, Donald, and Charles), and their work with developmentally challenged adults at the Kainos Group Home in San Bruno, California.

Notes her residence in Enterprise, Alabama since 1992 with her widowed daughter-in-law Lois Underwood, and her active lifestyle including bowling twice weekly until age 97 and learning to use computers and photography software.

Commends her as survived by one son, three daughters-in-law, nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren, recognizing her as a source of inspiration for her keen mind, kind heart, and indomitable spirit.