Arnold "Chunky" Berg

     Arnold (Chunky) Curtiss Berg, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 5, 2016, at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah, Iowa, surrounded by loving family and friends.      Family visitation will be Monday, June 13, 2016, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Bethania Church, 113 North Mill Street, in Decorah. Funeral Service will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2016 also at the Bethania Church in Decorah.      He was born in Decorah on August 9, 1932 to Mildred (Morris) Berg and Arnold Bradford Berg.Arnold was a lifelong resident of Winneshiek County. He attended Decorah High School until he entered the U.S. Army. He served his time in London, England during the Korean War. Arnold worked for the City of Decorah Street Department and Luther College Maintenance Department before becoming self employed. For a time he was the owner of Phillips 66 gas station then started a painting business. He also later worked for Brennan Construction repairing bridges in Winneshiek County. A constant side job was his lifelong passion of buying, selling and trading. He was a avid fisherman, loved driving the roads of Winneshiek County and marveled at the simple beauty of the Oneota Valley.      Arnold married Naomi Joyce Foss in October 1955; they had five daughters: Jo Iverson, Sherry Berg and Tammy Berg, all of Decorah; Cathy Boeker, Mercer Island, Washington, Cindy Berg, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and one son Steven Arnold Berg.  They later divorced. Arnold then married Beverly (Emery) Berg; together they had one daughter, Barbara Berg of Lady’s Island, South Carolina.  They later divorced.  Arnold is also survived by his, step daughters Valerie Tindall, Lanesboro, MN, Pamela Sanderson, Decorah,  Bobbie Gunderson, Postville, one brother, Alvin Berg of Vancouver, Washington, one sister, Jerrine Jacobsen of Decorah, along with several grandchildren and great grandchildren.      He was preceded in death by his parents, his siblings, Robert Berg, David Berg, Betty Deck and Bernie Coonradt, and his first wife, Naomi and his only son, Steven Arnold Berg.