Obit of Barbara Jean (Warder) Bertram

Barbara Bertram, 83 of Roberts and formerly of Melvin, died at 4:15 a.m. Saturday (July 14, 2018) at her home in Roberts. Her memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Roberts with the Rev. Priscilla Geerdes officiating. Burial will follow at the Chatsworth Cemetery in Chatsworth. Mrs. Bertram was born March 4, 1935, in Chatsworth a daughter of Joseph and Mabel Bargmann Warder. She married Wayne Bertram on July 27, 1953, in Hoopeston. He died Dec. 15, 2013. Surviving are two daughters, Catherine (Wayne) Hunter of Roberts, and Lorie (Patrick) Enriquez of Alamogordo, N.M., a son, Richard (Becky) Bertram of Smithfield, Va., nine grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren, a brother, Jerry (Patricia) Teter of Bourbonnais, and two sisters, Lois (Keith) Brucker, and Josephine Johnson, both of Melvin. She was preceded in death by an infant sister, a grandson and her stepfather, Donie Teter. Barbara quilted with the Chatsworth Lutheran Church for many years. She attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Roberts and enjoyed bingo, auctions, her cats and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Memorials may be made to the Melvin Roberts Fire Rescue, Hospice Hearts, or Transitions Hospice. Lamb Funeral Home in Gibson City is in charge of arrangements.