Bertha owned Pointers Cleaners for 25 years, she then worked at ECISD for 6 years and finally retired in 2012. She enjoyed going to casinos, traveling with her husband, enjoyed her grandkids, shopping and loved to crochet and sew.
Bertha is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Cano Ruiz, and son, Joe Arthur Ruiz.
She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Ann Pineda and husband Johnny Robert Pineda, grandson, Tom Pineda, granddaughter, Krystal Dickman and husband Jeremy Dickman, great grandkids; Nyelle Dickman, Elicia Dickman, Jocelynn Dickman, Jeremy Jr. Dickman.