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Contributed By: Suzanne Shephard

Marie Jo Berge, 91, of Carrollton, died Wednesday at King's Daughters Hospital in Madison, Ind.

She was a retired teacher with Carroll County Schools, having taught the third grade at Ninth Street Elementary School in Carrollton, and a member of St. John Church, Carrollton.

Mrs. Berge was a member of the Carroll County Retired Teachers Association, the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, the Carrollton chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Port William Historical Society and Carroll County Senior Citizens. Her husband, Harry A. Berge, died in 1998.

Survivors include a daughter, Joan Tomlinson of Edgewater, Fla.; sons, Fred Berge of Kansas City, Mo., and Jim Crutcher of Edgewater; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John Church, Carrollton. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Burial will be in Williamstown Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Carroll County Public Library or Port William Historical Society, in care of Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton, Ky. 41008.