Pearl Louise Synenberg was born in
Evansville, Indiana, on October 1, 1909 (although she celebrated her birthday as February 14, 1910), to Archie Synenberg and Annie Gerson, children of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. She had a sister, Selma, and a brother, Bob. They moved to various states throughout their childhood, but she attended
Schenley High School in Pittsburgh. The family moved to California in 1929, a few months before the
stock market crash. In 1931, she married Mark Berg, a Jewish immigrant from
Kremenchuk, Ukraine. He died when she was 79. where she died on February 1, 2024, at the age of 114 years, 123 days. She was buried at
Hollywood Forever Cemetery. == References ==