Times were always tough for you. Never was easy long enough for you to trust Life roller-coasted your emotions, your mind and your health. The everlasting challenge to find happiness proved successful in small moments in which you held in your grasps so tightly hidden from all our view.
But you grew tired as the days got longer, your kids grew older and when tough times never seemed to surrender. The fire within you simmered, your thirst for life was running dry and those cherished moments floating away from your loosening grasp. We did all we could to manage, trust, comfort and mend your heart when you needed us, but I feel we failed you in so many phases of heartbeats.
Mom, Mi Querida……I’m sorry…. I’m so sorry…
And now God has given you the endless peace, happiness and love that this life couldn’t provide.
Please Mom…. rest in peace…we love you.
Bertha (“The Chief”) leaves behind her beloved husband(“Honey”) of 45 years, five children along with four son-in laws; three children of which are accomplished mothers, five collegiate attending grandchildren, and now the last surviving sibling of her generation.
Those who will dearly miss her by name are Jessie Gonzalez(husband), Patricia and Kevin Walrad (daughter; son in-law), Susana Banuelos(daughter), Sandra and Mando Serrano (daughter; son in-law), Julian Gonzalez and Shane Webster (son; son-in law), Jessica Gonzalez and Ray Gallardo (daughter; son in-law), Mia and Joseph Serrano, Cristian and Elissa Garza, Patrick Walrad (grandchildren) and Maria and Lorenzo Ramirez(sister; brother in-law).
Visitation for Bertha will be held Monday, June 17, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM with a vigil at 7:00 PM, 3839 Montana Ave, El Paso, Texas 79903.
Funeral mass will occur Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 2709 Alabama St, El Paso, Texas 79930 with a burial to follow at Mt Carmel Cemetery, 401 S Zaragoza Rd, El Paso, Texas 79907.
