Richard P. Berger

July 6, 1945 - April 3, 2016

Richard P. Berger of Jacksonville, North Carolina, passed away at the age of 70 on April 3, 2016, at the Fayetteville V.A. Medical Center after a brief illness. Richard Paul Berger was born in Cortlandt Manor, NY, on July 6, 1945, to Harold and Eva Bobolia Berger. He graduated from Lakeland High School and received a degree in business from Murray State University in Kentucky. While at Murray State he met Janet Eicher, and the two later married and raised two children. He served a tour in Vietnam in the U.S. Army and took pride in having served his country when called. Deeply devoted to his faith, he was a parishioner and active member of the Knights of Columbus at Infant of Prague Catholic Church in Jacksonville. Richard enjoyed playing golf, writing fiction and poetry, and watching action movies and dumb comedies (including Caddyshack, of course). He leaves behind a son, Eric Berger, and his wife, Julie Bracken, of Austin, Texas, a daughter, Shannon Coleman, and her husband, Ray, and three grandchildren, Marcus, Kellen, and Katie Coleman, of Annapolis, Maryland. He is also survived by his sister, Judith Peterson, two brothers, Steve and Chris Berger, a number of aunts, uncles, and cousins, and his nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, October 1, at St. Columbanus Church in Cortlandt Manor, followed by interment at Assumption Cemetery, Cortlandt Manor. Arrangements by Dorsey – Carlone Funeral Home, Peekskill. Richard was loved and will be missed.