As a young girl she enjoyed horseback riding. Then later riding dirt bikes. She also enjoyed watching the birds.
Bertha is survived by he husband Alfred Paul Sanders, daughter, Ranee and husband Rusty Cox, sisters, Nancy Knight, Susan and husband Greg Christian, brother, Larry and wife Virgie Fischer, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and one son Jeffery Paul Sanders.