Viola Mae Bergen: Obituary

Viola Mae Bergen

May 11, 1928 – December 04, 2018

Mrs. Viola Mae Bergen, age 90, of Destin, Florida, formerly of Blairsville, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Destin on Tuesday December 4, 2018.  Mrs. Bergen was born on May 11, 1928 to the late Charles and Mae Worsley Feere in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada.  Mrs. Bergen was a school bus driver for the Union County School System for many years and with her husband, Carl, owned Bergen Tire in Blairsville.  Viola and Carl were charter members of the Blairsville Church of the Nazarene.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Carl Bergen, a granddaughter, Melissa Dalrymple, as well as four of her sisters, Pearl Harris, Mary Jenkins, Ruth Parks and Rosanna Labadie.  Surviving Mrs. Bergen are one son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Diane Bergen of Blairsville, two daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Benny Dalrymple of Murphy, NC, and Rhonda and Carey Stegall of Destin FL., seven grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held at 6:00 pm. on Saturday December 8. 2018 at the Mountain View Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ivan Rexroth officiating.  Mrs. Bergen’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers:  Chris Bergen, Jonathan Dalrymple, Gregory Stegall, Joshua Bergen, Talen Dalrymple, and Zayne Dalrymple.  Interment will follow in the Coosa Methodist Church Cemetery.  The family will meet with friends at the funeral home on Saturday afternoon from 4-6:00 pm.  Mountain View Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences online at www.mountainviewfuneralhome .com.