PORTLAND – Jean Berg, 74, passed away on Oct. 5, 2022, surrounded by family and friends at Gosnell Hospice House, Scarborough.

Jean was born at the Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland on Sept. 23, 1948, to Kenneth and Louisa (Mann) Trott. She attended Bonney Eagle High School.

She was voted most valuable player in basketball in Junior High and High School. She was president of Future Secretary of America. She enjoyed every summer at her grandparent’s camp at Harmons Beach on Sebago Lake; waterskiing, boating, and fishing.

Jean enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps where she received advanced training as a medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and then was stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, receiving an honorable discharge in 1969.

Jean was employed at Maine Medical Center as a Secretary in the clinic, became a phlebotomist and was promoted as Lab Supervisor. She later obtained her CNA Certification and worked on R7 and also at Milestone Recovery Center.

Jean was loving, kind and shared her love by cooking for family and friends. She loved animals, especially her guinea pigs “the boys” Hans and Dieter. She shared her love of politics and world history with family and her many friends.

She was predeceased by her parents, Kenneth Trott and Louisa Mann; her son, Kenneth Berg; sister Allison Stetson.

She is survived by her partner of 35 years, Janice Chamberland; her son Kevin and his wife Cindi Berg, her son Robert Berg; grandsons Jonathan and Anthony Berg; sister Beth and Lincoln Turner and nephew Donald Turner.

A Graveside Service will be held on Oct. 14, 2022, at 12 p.m. at the Forest City Cemetery, 232 Lincoln Street, South Portland.

Online condolence messages can be submitted at the Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service website, http://www.mainefuneral.com.

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