Berthold Rupert Verner Lundberg was the fifth child of Jonas and Anna Lundberg, born on 9 July 1899 in Whitefield Township, Kandiyohi, Minnesota. He contracted tuberculosis and died at 17 years of age. The following is his obituary:
Vernon Lundberg - Son of Mrs. Anna Lundberg of Beckville Died March 11. Funeral Last Sunday
Vernon Lundberg, son of Mrs. Anna Lundberg of Beckville, died on Sunday, March 11, at the Cass County Sanatorium where he had been an inmate nearly three months. Death was due to tuberculosis. The funeral was held from the residence of Mrs. A Westerberg at Willmar and from the Svea Swedish Lutheran church Sunday morning. Rev. E.O. Chelgren of Beckville, Rev. W.E. Person of Willmar and Rev. J.B. Sorenson of Svea officiated.
Vernon Lundberg was born at Svea July 9, 1899. At the age of ten years removed with his family to Beckville. He is mourned by his mother, three brothers and four sisters, Mrs. A. Westerberg, Willmar; Mrs. M.H. Nelson, Cosmos; Mrs. Oliver Blomquist, Coteau, N.D.; Mrs. E.A. Danielson, Grantsburg, Wis.; O.A. Lundberg, Osakis; Carl J. Lundberg, Litchfield, and Herbert Lundberg, Beckville. (Litchfield Saturday Review, March 24, 1917)