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Johnny Berg, the Master Signwriter and a good friend has passed away to a new level. The gates will be maintained with grace by one of the best leaf artists there was.
John, had a stroke and it led to his passing. God bless you John.
Jack
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Jack, Please tell us more about him if you have time. I'd like to know how he fit into the NorCal scene if he did. or wherever and anything else, so we can keep him in our thoughts and archives.
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Johnny Berg and I corresponded by e-mail many times. I sent him one after I read his story. He was a good one, a tribute to the Craft. He had many stories to tell, just like the rest of us.
His passing is a loss to the Craft. I am sure he is gracing the gates as we speak.
Thanks for letting us know, Jack.
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Sorry to hear of your loss, Jack. What a truly wonderful read that article was. How sad those days are gone. I wonder how many folks on here can appreciate the VW "wrap"....amazing stuff!
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Crazy Jack, Sorry to hear about your friend. After reading his story from Pierre's link, he sounded like the epitome of a sign painter.
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Sorry to hear that Jack. My condolences to you man.
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Jack, thanks for letting us know about Johnny's passing. I doubt if he'd remember me but I met him in Mesa and enjoyed several visits with him. He not only did some nice work and told some good stories, he lived a pretty good story.
Meanwhile, my condolences for your loss. One of my best friends (for 45 years) checked out a year and a half ago with a massive stroke and I know it's not easy being left with memories instead of their company.
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My condolances on the passing of your friend, PaxVobis, Peace be with you.
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Chris, He would have remembered you. He had a mind like a steel trap.When we talked on the 6 weeks ago he reminded me of things that I had long forgotten. I wached him do things that will never be done again in a sign shop.
Jack
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Jack, very sorry for your loss of your friend. I just printed out the Story, we'll never see times/people like that again, , hopefully, his sentiments Will live on with people, tho.
John Lennig
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Sorry to have lost him. Jack, I do want to thank you for the times that you have shared him with us and his influence on you and his note about your influence on him. Another treasure in our hearts and between our ears.
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6724 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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An additional note to let it be known that the Berg, family ( by way of Vance galliher ) wants to aknowledge in appreciation all the kind words from those here on the Letterville Bullboard.
I personally wish that I had lots of time to share about all of the exploits that I shared with John Berg, at work and away from work. John, was just as much of a snapper as anyone else around. We would sometimes snap a sign in a well known location just to pi$$ off our stingy employer and do a kick ass job on it like we would never get to do at work. Our employer was an architect that knew it all and we knew nothing as long as he wrote the paychecks. He would wonder who was doing the nice signs around town and we would tell him a new shop was doing them from a little town in the country. John, had a little of the devil in him just like all of us. Sometimes in the winter when things got slow or too cold to put up with inside, he would get mad and say he was goin' home to mow the lawm. The snow was about a foot deep. The stories he mentioned in his bio are just the tip of the iceberg and he could go on for quite a while with stuff that would top the previous moment.
Yeah...Him and his wife both were fine humans. Sometimes on the weekends they would come and pick up my daughter when she was little, take her out and splurg on goodies for her because Boots, always wanted a little girl too. So we would share Kathie, with her and John.
Those were good days before the computer and I'm glad to have been a part of it.
Rest easy John, there's more work coming your way.
Have a nice Easter.......
Jack
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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