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Melvin and Theresa Bergh
Husband's Full Name: Melvin Bergh
Husband's Place of Birth: North Dakota
Husband's Father's Name: Soren Bergh
Husband's Mother's Name: Marie S. Olsen
Husband's Siblings' Names: Alvie, Clara,
Sigurd, Mabel, Signe, Julia and Henry
Wife's Full Name: Theresa (Dovre) Bergh
Wife's Place of Birth: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Wife's Father's Name: Knute Olson Dovre
Wife's Mother's Name: Mathilda Opdahl Dovre
Wife's Siblings' Names: Erling, Conrad, Clifford
Children's Names: Judith (Bergh) Crowley, Jon Melvin Bergh
Theresa Dovre is the youngest of the Knute Dovre/Mathilda Opdahl family. She was raised in Manfred. They lived in the
La Grand Addition of town. Theresa’s mother Mathilda was a sister of Ed Opdahl.
Theresa and Melvin were married on August 25, 1944. They lived in Detroit Lakes, MN. Melvin passed in 2010 and Theresa followed in 2011.