Bertie was born September 17, 1914, to Robert Nathan Moffatt and Belva Brown in Coleman County,Texas. She was raised on a farm in Lamesa, Texas, where her and her brothers and sisters ran the farm, while her father was a carpenter. She was a very determined lady, with farming embedded in her. Bertie was a member of Country Club Church of Christ. Bertie was a very, very giving person who never complained at all. She was a great mother and grandmother. In her early years, she lived in Stegman, Arizona as a cowboy's wife and did a lot of the work. Later, she married Otto Bulsterbaum and moved to Elida, New Mexico to a farming and ranching operation and lived there until 1970. She later moved to Lamesa to take care of her father until his death in 1992, then moved to Roswell. Bertie was a hard worker, not afraid to do anything, loved to quilt and took interest in spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by one son, Stanley Bulsterbaum and his wife, Rena of Las Cruces, New Mexico; one daughter, Sue Creighton and her husband, Bill Don of Roswell; five grandchildren, Sandra Merritt and her husband, Ron of Yeso, New Mexico, Joleen Smith of Roswell, Randy Creighton of Roswell, Kary Bulsterbaum of Las Cruces, Karla and her husband, Brian Hess of Roanoke, Texas; nine grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.�
Bertie is preceded in death by both her parents; two brothers, and one sister.
Pallbearers will be Ron Merritt, Lance Merritt, Brady Montana, Randy Creighton, Kary Bulsterbaum and Billy Fred Bulsterbaum.
Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com
Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory.
Published in the Clovis News Journal and the Portales News-Tribune from 4/24/2009 - 4/25/2009
Bertie was born September 17, 1914, to Robert Nathan Moffatt and Belva Brown in Coleman County,Texas. She was raised on a farm in Lamesa, Texas, where her and her brothers and sisters ran the farm, while her father was a carpenter. She was a very determined lady, with farming embedded in her. Bertie was a member of Country Club Church of Christ. Bertie was a very, very giving person who never complained at all. She was a great mother and grandmother. In her early years, she lived in Stegman, Arizona as a cowboy's wife and did a lot of the work. Later, she married Otto Bulsterbaum and moved to Elida, New Mexico to a farming and ranching operation and lived there until 1970. She later moved to Lamesa to take care of her father until his death in 1992, then moved to Roswell. Bertie was a hard worker, not afraid to do anything, loved to quilt and took interest in spending time with her grandchildren.
She is survived by one son, Stanley Bulsterbaum and his wife, Rena of Las Cruces, New Mexico; one daughter, Sue Creighton and her husband, Bill Don of Roswell; five grandchildren, Sandra Merritt and her husband, Ron of Yeso, New Mexico, Joleen Smith of Roswell, Randy Creighton of Roswell, Kary Bulsterbaum of Las Cruces, Karla and her husband, Brian Hess of Roanoke, Texas; nine grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.�
Bertie is preceded in death by both her parents; two brothers, and one sister.
Pallbearers will be Ron Merritt, Lance Merritt, Brady Montana, Randy Creighton, Kary Bulsterbaum and Billy Fred Bulsterbaum.
Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com
Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory.
Published in the Clovis News Journal and the Portales News-Tribune from 4/24/2009 - 4/25/2009
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