Dorothy Helen Viosca Bertram

BERTRAM Dorothy Helen Viosca Bertram passed away in New Orleans, LA on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the age of 87. Wife of the late Albert J. Bertram. Lifelong resident of New Orleans, graduated from Elenore McMain High School and attended Newcomb College where she was a member of Beta Phi Alpha Sorority. Past President of Sprig and Twig Garden Club and member of the New Orleans Chapter of the Daughters of American Revolution. She will be forever remembered as a loving wife and mother who valued education. Daughter of the late Rene Adams and Gladys Arnoult Viosca; mother of Dorothy Ann Bertram (Mrs. Hank Klein), Bruce Bertram, Bonnie Bertram (Mrs. Kory Steen), Richard Bertram, and Michelle Bertram (Mrs. Wm. Charles Douglas, Jr.), and the late Wayne Bertram. Grandmother of Katherine Klein, Elizabeth Klein, Rebecca Marie Steen, and Patrick Bertram Steen. Sister of Shirley Viosca Stakelum, and the late Gladys Viosca Miller, Lysle Sylvia Viosca, and Renee Anne Viosca. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. followed by an 11:00 a.m. Mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartain Bvld. on Friday, January 23, 2009. Burial at St. Louis Cemetery #3. Donations to Cabrini High School, 1400 Moss Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 or Brother Martin High School, 4401 Elysian Fields Ave., New Orleans, LA 70122.