Berta was born in Iquitos, Peru, on Aug. 22, 1927. Her family moved to Lima, Peru, when she was a young girl. She left Lima in 1955 to attend St. Francis College in Joliet, Ill. She met her future husband, Victor, in Chicago, Ill., and they were married on April 22, 1957.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Victor Lopez Jr.; parents, Julio C. and Isolina Alvarado Delgado; brothers, Julio, Luis "Lucho" and J. Francisco "Paco"; sisters, Isabel, Marina, Augusta "Gucha" Rodriguez; and grandson, Daniel V. Lopez.
Survivors: Sister, Melis Delgado of Lima, Peru; sons, Victor J. (Susan), Anthony (Susan), Robert (Theresa) and Thomas Lopez; daughters, Melis Rose (Duane) Carlson and Juliana (Michael) Jenkins; grandchildren, Patrick and Melissa Whalen, Brian and Jessica Lopez, Benjamin, Sarah and Juliana C. Lopez, Kyle Nicole and Jake Lopez, Dana and David Jenkins.
Arrangements under the direction of Shannon Rufe Snow Drive Funeral Chapel, Fort Worth, TX.