A Memorial service for Carla Cay Henderson Berglund will be held September 30, 10:30 am, at the Alliance United Methodist Church. Carla passed away July 24 at her home in Mesa, Arizona.
It is with great sadness the family of Carla Cay Henderson Berglund share her passing earlier this week, on July 24, 2023. It appears she simply went to sleep and woke up in a better place. Left to mourn are her son, Trey Berglund (fiancé Delaney Johns); daughter, Micayla; brothers Bill (Pam) and Doug (Sally); and her sister, Ann; along with nieces and nephews Jeri Massie, Gary Henderson, Shea Baird, Sage Hofer and Cody Henderson; great nieces and nephews Anthony Massie, Owen Baird, Libby Baird, Ralstyn Hofer and baby Hofer.
Carla was born to Bill and Barbara Henderson on December 22, 1966 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Shortly after that she announced she wanted to be a teacher. Carla loved growing up on the family ranch in Sioux County. She attended elementary school in rural Box Butte County and high school in Alliance, Nebraska. She graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1989 and began her teaching career. She taught one year in Ft. Worth, Texas before moving to Arizona. She began teaching in Mesa, Arizona in 1991. She was to begin her 32nd year this week.
She collected many youth and professional awards, but her family has learned the greatest of those is a collection of friends. Without hesitation, they have taken the challenge of comforting a family and doing the heavy lifting. Heavy on the family's hearts are her hundreds of students and their families - their challenge is to continue to make her proud!
Trey and Micayla are grateful for this outpouring and celebrations will be held later in Arizona and Nebraska. As time heals, her ashes will be spread at the family ranch in Sioux County, Nebraska.
Suggested memorials include the Box Butte County 4-H, 415 Black Hills, Alliance, NE 69301 or RMHS Theatre, 7301 E. Brown Rd, Mesa, AZ 85207. Please add account 275-959 to the memo.