Bertha Berger Intrator Kogan breathed her last on Dec. 20, 2010 in Reseda, Calif. Los Angeles has been her home for the last 70 years. She was the daughter of the late Sam and Sophie Berger of Desert Hot Springs, Calif., and Westwood and Pacific Palisades, Calif. She was the widow of the late Joseph Intrator and Joseph Kogan, respectively.
Bertha had a plethora of friends, many of whom worked under her at the UCLA radiology film room, where she had worked for 25 years. She was well liked and respected.
Bertha had met her late husband, Joe Intrator, at a May Day Parade in NYC and subsequently moved to California with her parents and Joe prior to his shipping out to the South Pacific. With her parents and younger sister, Zena Glenn, in tow, they first arrived in Catalina Island, Calif., where they ran an inn and then moved to the mainland to Muscle Beach, and then Santa Monica, Calif.
She loved music, especially folk music, and enjoyed playing guitar and autoharp, accompanying Joe and her two sons, Roland and Mike, as well as others who might stop by. In addition to music, Bertha enjoyed camping, walking and traveling the country with Joe and their weimaraner, Topper, and traveling in foreign countries with her sister.
She was always there for her family, and was a hard worker – a trait instilled by her parents. She placed a lot of trust in her boys and gave them freedom to find their way.
She leaves in her wake her sister, Zena Glenn, of Santa Monica, Calif.; sons, Michael (Donna) Intrator, Streamwood, Ill.; Roland (Wendy) Intrator, Chapel Hill, N.C.; grandchildren, Xela and Micah Intrator of Chapel Hill; niece, Lee Glenn of Chapel Hill; nephew, Jeff Glenn of Santa Monica, Calif.; niece, Jill Glenn (Eric McCoy) of Glendale, Calif.; grandnephew, Steve Glenn of Santa Monica; grandniece, Melissa Schmidt and family of Valley Center, Calif.; grandson Justin Intrator and grandniece Kaia Glenn Parker, two souls who left this life too early.
Each and every one of them got their fare share of grandma love.
A memorial will be held to celebrate her life, and will be published at that time.
Out beyond right and wrong there is a field. I will meet you there. – Rumi