BERGER, EDWARD F
Lighting Specialist; b Chicago, Ill Apr 14, 1860; s of Dr P F Berger-Amanda Kraefft; ed Davenport HS 1877; m Elise Lorenzen Apr 14, 1885 Davenport; s Fred Edward, Paul Jens; d Cora A (Mrs Paul E Towne); 1877-82 emp by T Richter furrier, Davenport; 1882-90 bkkpr Citizens Natl Bank, Davenport; 1890-1902 mbr firm of the SBT Shoe Co, Davenport; 1903 &1904 Scott Co auditor; 1904-13 secy & trees Black Hawk Clay Mig Co; 1914-17 asst dist mgr Germanic Life Ins Co; 1917-24 gen mgr Davenport Brick & Tile Co; 1924-27 securities dept Peoples Light Co, 1927- lighting specialist; 1896-1905 mbr sch bd, Davenport; mbr Davenport Zoning Bd; Illuminating Engineering Soc of New York City; 1940 mbr Iowa St Assn of Auditors; Davenport Ad Club; Davenport Turners; Friday Bowling Club, orgr in 1886; 1882- mbr Davenport Rifle Team; C of C, past dir; Kiwanis Club, ch mbr, past VP; BPOE 298, mbr bldg com; hobbies: long range shooting, swimming; off United Light Bldg; res 803 W 7th, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1087.