CARL H. BERGMAN's Obituary
Carl Henry “Wog” Bergman passed away at his home on October 12, 2022. The story goes that when he was a toddler, he was a roly-poly and, learning to walk, he wiggled and woggled, so that the family called him Woggles. For the rest of his 93 years, he was known as “Wog.” And he liked that. It was unique. As was he.
He is descended from Enos Thomas Mendenhall, one of the earliest settlers on the Mountain.
Wog grew up in Aguanga where he spent the first years of his life on a horse, helping his father in the cattle business. After 2 years in the Navy at the end of WWII, he returned and settled on Palomar Mountain, where he spent most of the rest of his life. Among other things, he continued raising cattle, while also running a heavy equipment outfit, and starting and running a water company. (He ran the first water company on Palomar and was an icon there, almost synonymous with the Mountain itself.)
Wog is survived by his wife Patricia and three children, Curtis (Dutch) Bergman of Palomar Mountain, Betsy Chavez of Bakersfield, and T.K. (Thomas Karl) Bergman of Palm Desert, and also by four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service and potluck will be held on Palomar Mountain in Will Valley on November 5.
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