Winston-Salem Nov. 8, 1923 - July 21, 2016 Siegfried Karl Berndt, was born November 8th, 1923 in Zechendorf, Germany the second eldest son of Max Karl Ernst Berndt and Frieda Anna Marie Prange Berndt. He grew up in the cities of Stettin and K”slin, both now in modern day Poland, lived in Toronto, Canada, New York, New York, Middletown, New Jersey and was a resident of Winston-Salem and Walkertown, North Carolina for the last forty years. He served in the German Airforce in World War 2, worked as a bush pilot in Canada, and then in banking for The Bank of Nova Scotia, Chemical Bank and then Wachovia Bank, from which he retired in 1989.

Fred was a founding member of the Triad German Club; organized in 1978. He was preceded in death by all of his siblings: Heinz, Max, Brigitte, Ulrich, Gudrun, Rosemarie, Dieter and Kriemhild, as well as wives Irmhild Ottilie Michalewski Berndt and Irene Keilhauer Berndt. He is survived by his children Max Ulrich Berndt of Selestat, France, Patricia Tratnik of Frankfurt, Germany, Peter Lawrence Berndt of Smyrna, Georgia, and Thomas Brian Berndt of Winston-Salem, North, Carolina. Surviving grandchildren are Diana B„r, of Munich, Germany, Anna Flore Pf”rtsch, of Holzkirchen, Germany, Laura Tratnik, of Berlin, Germany, Madeleine Berndt of Smyrna, Georgia. Great grandchildren include Lea and Isabelle Pf”rtsch, of Holzkirchen, Germany, Polly Crutchfield of Berlin, Germany, and Maximilian B„r, of Munich, Germany. A small private reception will be held in Winston-Salem this week. Contact the family for details if you would like to attend. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Kay B Reynolds Hospice Facility of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.