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BERTRAM, Rita Rita (Hemond) Bertram, 87, of Avon and Key Largo, FL, beloved wife and partner for 23
years to Joseph H. Bertram, died Saturday, (July 18, 2009), at John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington. Born
in Lewiston, ME, daughter of the late Roseanne (Plante) Hemond and Alphonse Hemond, she was raised
in Lewiston and graduated from Ave Maria School in Sabattus, ME and Mechanic Falls High School in
Mechanic Falls, ME. She also graduated from Acme Business College, Lewiston, ME. Rita was
employed since 1959 by the Bertram Company, Bloomfield as an administrative assistant and finally
Treasurer until the company was sold in 1995. She enjoyed golf and held memberships in both
Wampanoag Country Club, West Hartford and Card Sound Country Club in Key Largo, FL. She also
loved to fish the Atlantic Ocean with her husband Joe off Key Largo, FL. An avid needlepoint artist, she
had made over 400 items which she either gave to family or sent as gifts. Rita was an outgoing and
caring person, especially to her husband Joe, whom friends and relatives said was a delight to be with.
Besides her husband she leaves a daughter Irene Piegza and her husband Gerald of Chicopee, MA; a
grandson Scott Sonnone of Ashville, NC; two brothers Andy Hemond and his wife Anne of Falmouth, MA and John Hemond and
his wife Priscilla of Minot, ME; and two sisters Irene Patry of Bangor, ME and Theresa Patry of Minot, ME. She was predeceased
by her first husband Matti Ojala and two brothers George and Roland Hemond. She also leaves Joe's children; Dennis Bertram,
his wife Diane and their daughter Olivia; Jane Bally, her husband Dion and their children Paul and Elizabeth; and Ruth Burke, her
husband Jarrod and their children Tabitha and Shelby. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday for her family at
the Church of St. Ann, Avon with entombment to follow in Simsbury Cemetery Mausoleum. Contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer's Association , 279 New Britain Road, Suite 5, Kensington, CT, 06037.
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