Robert "Bert" Berthiaume

Robert "Bert" Berthiaume, 58, of East Hartford died Tuesday, (May 27, 2003) in St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late Albert and Isabel Berthiaume, he lived in the Hartford area for many years. Bert was a decorated Hartford Fireman, who loved the Fire Department and the Firefighters he served with. He joined the Hartford Fire Department on February 17, 1969 and retired on June 16, 1994. He was a member of The Police and Firemen's Association of Hartford and The Hartford Firemen's Benevolent Society and was a past member of The International Association of Firefighters, Local 760. Bert leaves his daughters and their spouses, Michele and Kevin Chapman of Glen Mills, PA, Andrea and Nick Allen of Portsmouth, NH and Jo-Ell and Omar Robinson of Bermuda; he also leaves his brothers, Albert and Richard; his sisters, Carol, Isabel, Eileen, Elizabeth, Patricia, and Joann; and his five grandchildren, Kayla, Eric, Oliver, Ella and Chiara. A funeral service will be held Saturday, May 31, at 10 a.m. at the Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home, 34 Beaver Rd., Wethersfield. Burial will be in Mount St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call at the funeral home TODAY from 4-7 p.m.