Glenda Bertram

Glenda Bertram LUBBOCK-Glenda Bertram went home to be with her Lord in her home in Ransom Canyon, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. Glenda was born May 5, 1945, in Marlin, Texas, to John and Ethel Taylor. She graduated from A.C. Jones High School in Beeville, Texas, in 1963. She attended Draughns Business College in Corpus Christi, Texas. She married Jim Bertram in Beeville, Texas in December 1963 and resided in Lubbock, Texas, for the next three years, where she worked as a bookkeeper for Margaret's Clothing Store and later as an accounts clerk in the Lubbock National Bank, while her husband completed his degree at Texas Tech. Glenda was involved in numerous organizations, including Altrusa of Lubbock, the Lubbock Women's Club, the West Texas Watercolor Society, and Embroiders Guild of Lubbock, and was the founder and early organizer of Building Understanding for Down's Syndrome (BUDS). She was an artist who painted in both oils and watercolor, in her Dragonfly Studio in her home in Ransom Canyon. She also made jewelry and porcelain dolls. Glenda is survived by her husband, Jim, of fifty years of marriage; daughter, Taylor Davis and husband Tim of Lubbock; and son, Kevin Bertram and wife Leah of Aransas Pass, Texas; one grandson, Stephen Stewart and wife Vanessa; and two great-grandchildren, Tobin Stewart and Kirsten Stewart. Her youngest son, Christopher, passed away in 2007. She will lie in state for viewing by family and friends at Resthaven Funeral Home in Lubbock, Texas, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Funeral services will be at South Plains Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, and graveside services will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Condolences may be offered at resthavenfuneralhome.com.