Mary Katherine Bergman

Mary Katherine Bergman, age 63, died in her home in the morning of Monday August 3rd.  She was born on May 1, 1957 in St. Marys, Ohio to the late Raymond A. and Elizabeth (Buscher) Bergman.  She is survived by her sister-in-law Ann Bergman of Minster, her brother Gregory (and Betty) Bergman of Minster, her sister Sandy Grannen, Cincinnati and her sister, Bethan (and Dan) Carson, Cincinnati.  She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and her precious Springer Spaniel, Jaeger.  She is preceded in death by her brothers, Raymond F. and Thomas Bergman.

Graduated from Minster High School in 1975 and graduated with in Accounting and Music degrees from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana.  She was a CPA and earned her MBA from the University of Cincinnati.  She was the founder, president and star of Maine Street Opera in Chicago. She worked many years in Cincinnati and Chicago.

For her work, she spent 2 years in France and also travelled to Asia, Australia and Germany regularly.  For her passion, she performed as a soloist Soprano throughout Chicago, Cincinnati and Germany as well as St. Augustine Church in Minster.

She is an accomplished pianist which began with the tutelage under Ruth Schweiterman (New Bremen, Ohio).  Early in her music career, she performed for many years in the May Festival Chorus (Cincinnati, Ohio) developing many great friendships that lasted throughout her life.

In addition to music, she enjoyed playing tennis and golf and spoiling Jaeger.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 AM, Friday, August 7th at St. Augustine Catholic Church with social distancing being observed. A live stream of the mass can be found at St. Augustine Church, Minster on YouTube. Burial will follow at St. Augustine Cemetery in Minster, Ohio.  Friends may call at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home Minster from 4 to 7 pm on Thursday and from 9 to 9:30 AM on Friday. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to Hospice of Cincinnati www.hospiceofcincinnati.org .  Condolences may be left at www.hogenkampfh.com .