Glenda Catherine Bertram

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, 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 at 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 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday August 27. Funeral services will be at South Plains Church of Christ, in Lubbock, Texas at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 28 and graveside services will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Condolences may be offered at resthavenfuneralhome.com

Arrangements under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home & Cemetery, Lubbock, TX.