Doris E. R. Berg was born on December 24, 1946 to Holocaust survivors Karl & Mizzi Fink. She spent the majority of her professional life as a Speech & Language Pathologist in the Seattle Public Schools after earning her Bachelors & Masters degrees from the University of Washington. After her retirement, she began volunteering at the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle educating future generations about her family’s experience & the history of the Holocaust. Doris cherished time spent with her immediate & extended family in NY, CA, FL & the Czech Republic. She loved spending her free time at Driftwood Shores on Camano Island with her dogs and family. Doris is survived by her two devoted children, Charlie Bess of NYC & Deborah Berg Cuenca of Oakland, CA, daughters-in-law Stacy Bess & Daniela Cuenca and granddaughters Ryan & Hannah Bess whose B’not Mitzvah she attended last month in NYC. She is also survived by her fiancé Bruce Dodge, dear cousins Monica & Robert DiGiovanni, and lifelong best friends Judy & Joseph Schocken, and their respective families. She was a spunky and free spirited woman who lived every day like it was her last, she will be missed by her family & friends. A service will be held in Doris’ memory at 11am on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at Butterworth Funeral Home, 520 West Raye Street, Seattle.
Donations in Doris’ memory can be made to the Holocaust Center for Humanity www.holocaustcenterseattle.org or Susan G. Komen for the Cure www.komen.org
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