Obituary for "Babe" W. Berge
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 8:25am
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Born in Bejou, Minnesota to Art Winter and Beatrice Halvorson Winter on September 20, 1934, Babe Berge was the fourth of six sisters. Connie Ohren of Morehead, Minnesota is now the last surviving sister. Babe was a graduate of Mahnomen High School and then received her LPN in Crookston, Minnesota.
Arlene Mae Winter, her legal name, married Karsten Berge in 1953. Karsten owned Berge Store and Babe was working as a nurse. Their cabin at Union Lake
was a source of fun, swimming and fishing. The memories are still fresh and vivid to Sandy, Erik, Jon and Naime.
In 1969, the Berge family moved to Whitefish , living at the Castle for 2 decades. Babe actually taught 2 of her grandchildren how to do cartwheels, somersaults and jack knifes. She was in her 50s!
Babe always had great fashion sense and owned and operated 2 clothing stores. Sandra's was purchased in 1974 and Babe's in 1990 in Kalispell. Both Karsten and Babe thoroughly enjoyed and took great pride in being part of the Whitefish downtown business community.
She was a natural athlete; golfing, tennis and dancing came easily. Her favorite past time was walking her Jack Russell, TK. She spent hours walking around the pond and river trail by her home on O'Brien Avenue. Her favorite drink was coffee and favorite meal was ice cream. Her great smile, sense of humor and common sense will be greatly missed by her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters Carol, Mary Lou, Betty and Patty. Her husband, Karsten Berge, passed in 2009; grandson Max Berge Stillman in 2016 and son in law Kelly Conrad Jr, MD in 2021.
Babe is survived by her 4 children; Sandy of Bend, Oregon, Erik of Whitefish, Jon of Palm Springs, CA and Naime of Minnetonka, MN. She also has 3 grand-
Children in Bend; AK Conrad III, Caitlin Conrad Fields (Jeremy) and Naime Conrad plus 2 great grandchildren, Karsten and June Fields. Grace Berge Stillman lives in Minnetonka, MN.
A private family service will be held later in 2025. No donations are expected but if desired, North Valley Food Bank was her favorite. To send online condolences, please visit www.columbiamortuary.com.
