Deceased Information

• DECEASED

  Joan Berger

  Yankiv Freda bat Chaim David v' Esther

• AGE

  89

• DATE OF DEATH

  Tuesday, August 01, 2023 (Before Sunset)

• DATE OF FUNERAL

  Sunday, August 06, 2023

• TIME OF FUNERAL

  10:00 AM

• PLACE OF FUNERAL

  Graveside

• FUNERAL STREAM

  RECORDING: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/QmMIznVwvjvb2bIqzTnLNx97Y0zo5ayCld40aW2F0l5PjSR9grS3edbWg_VLw1ZW.41S__RSTCpZdJceb

• PLACE OF BURIAL

  Arlington Memorial Park, 201 Mount Vernon Hwy, Sandy Springs, GA 30328

• DONATIONS

  • ❖ RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND AT TEMPLE SINAI IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

  • ❖ AHAVAS CHESED SYNAGOGUE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA.

• OBITUARY

  JOAN FRANCES ROBINSON BERGER PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 1ST, 2023 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS.

   

  SHE WAS BORN IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY IN 1934 TO ESTHER AND DAVID ROBINSON. SHE MOVED TO LUFKIN, TEXAS AS A YOUNG GIRL WHERE SHE SPENT HER CHILDHOOD. 

   

  JOAN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND SOON AFTERWARDS, MET HER HUSBAND, GERALD (GERRY) BERGER.

   

  UPON MARRYING GERRY, THE YOUNG COUPLE MOVED TO GERRY'S HOMETOWN OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILY OF FOUR CHILDREN. JOAN WAS THE ULTIMATE STAY-AT-HOME MOM AND LIVED EVERY MOMENT OF HER LIFE FULLY ENGAGED IN HER CHILDREN'S(AND, EVENTUALLY, HER GRANDCHILDREN'S) LIVES. SHE WAS 'EVERYONE'S MOM', AND KNOWN TO OFFER ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF ADVICE,  SOLICTED  OR UNSOLICTED. SHE WAS TRULY THE "GLUE" OF HER FAMILY AND ALWAYS HOSTING GATHERINGS FOR HER LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY. SHE RARELY MET A STRANGER AND WAS ENGAGED WITH ANYONE WITH WHOM SHE INTERACTED. 

   

  JOAN WAS AN AVID MAH JONG PLAYER AND LOVED TO TRAVEL. SHE AND GERRY TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALWAYS FOUND A CASINO TO VISIT EVERYWHERE THEY WENT. JOAN AND GERRY WERE FREQUENT VISITORS TO BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI FOR MANY, MANY YEARS WITH THEIR FAVORITE MOBILE FRIENDS WHO ALSO MADE THE WEEKLY TRIPS TO AND FROM THE CASINOS.

   

  IN 2015, JOAN AND GERRY MOVED TO ATLANTA TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR CHILDREN. THEY RESIDED AT THE PIEDMONT IN  BUCKHEAD AND HAD AN INCREDIBLE NEXT CHAPTER IN THEIR LIVES. JOAN THRIVED IN HER NEW RESIDENCY AND TRULY LOVED HER LIFE AT THE PIEDMONT. SHE ADORED HER FRIENDS AS WELL AS THE STAFF AND OFTEN SAID THAT THEY WERE ALL EXTENDED MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY. SHE CONTINUED HER MAH JONG GAMES, ENJOYED SCREEN AND CUSINE NIGHTS, BINGO GAMES AND DINING OUT WITH ALL OF HER FRIENDS. 

   

  HER UPBEAT PERSONALITY, STRONG POLITICAL VIEWS, AND UNBRIDLED LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. JOAN'S FAMILY WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL STAFF AND RESIDENTS AT THE PIEDMONT.

   

  JOAN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND OF 66 YEARS, GERRY.  SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, LAURIE GALANTI(DON PEIRCE), BARI(ANDY) ENGEL, SHARLA(BRIAN) KAHN AND JOEL(NIKKI) BERGER. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER GRANDCHILDREN, SARAH(JOE) SHOEMAKER, MELANIE GALANTI, ILANA(RYAN) BLOCH, TAYLOR(ANGIE) ENGEL, BLAKE ENGEL, ETHAN ENGEL, BROOKE(JEREMY) PASTROFF, HAYLEY(ADAM) LEVINSON, ERICA KAHN, COURTNEY KAHN, JUSTIN BERGER, AND EVAN BERGER. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER 4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, LENNA SHOEMAKER, CARSON, AND LEO BLOCH, AND GRAYSON PASTROFF.

  IN ADDITION, JOAN IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, CAROL ANN(GARY) MOSS OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND SISTER IN LAWS, RACHIEL BERGER AND LINDA(JOSH) BRENER OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

   

  GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE HELD AT ARLINGTON CEMETARY ON AUGUST 6TH WITH RABBI BRAD LEVENBERG OFFICIATING.

   

  THOSE WISHING TO MAKE DONATIONS IN JOAN'S MEMORY MAY DO SO TO THE RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND AT TEMPLE SINAI IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OR AT AHAVAS CHESED SYNAGOGUE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA.