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Albuquerque Journal - March 16, 2003
Bertha Ziegler Mittermeier, 93, died on January 28, 2003 in the Rio Rancho Nursing Center.
Bertha was born July 10, 1909 in the town of Pirmasens, Germany, and came to the United
States in 1929 at the age of 19. She married Francis X. Mittermeier, also a German
immigrant, in 1944, and they had one son, Russell, born November 8, 1949. Bertha lived in
the U.S. in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Long Island from 1929 to 1970, but returned to
Pirmasens, Germany after the death of her husband (1969) and lived there with her mother.
Her mother diedatage 93 in 1979, and Bertha moved back to the U.S. in 1983, this time
choosing to take up residence in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. In Rio Rancho, she lived on the
appropriately named Bertha Road for the next 13 years, spent a couple of years in a
shelter care home, and the last five years of her life in the Rio Rancho Nursing Center.
Bertha was a devoted and dedicated mother who instilled a love of nature and a strong work
ethic in her!
only son, things for which he will always be grateful. Bertha is survived by her son,
Russell; her daughter-in-law, Christina; and three grandchildren, John (17), Michael (10),
and Juliana (6). They and her friends in Rio Rancho will always remember her with much
love. She was a strong woman and always in charge. May she rest in peace.