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Please consider a gift to Hospice of the Valley - AZ or Aplastic Anemia And Mds International Foundation.

Obituary

Dr. James Otto Berg, a long-time resident of Flagstaff and Tucson, Arizona passed away peacefully at his home in Phoenix, Arizona on November 28, 2022 at the age of 87 following a long battle with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Often known simply as “Jim,” “Otto”, or “J. Otto,” he was an active and out-going man driven by a love of family, football, travel, education, and community service.

Otto was raised in the small farming community of …

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Born

July 6th, 1935
Concordia, KS
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Gained a sibling, Madlyn Swenson

1937
Jamestown, KS
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2-year-old Jimmy Otto Berg at Jamestown, KS

1937
Jamestown, KS

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Cause of death

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Method of disposition

Cremation

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Dr. James "Otto" Berg