Bertha Catalina Tedeski Izquierdo

Bertha Izquierdo, age 83, of Woodland Hills, CA, passed away on October 19th in Granada, Spain while traveling abroad for a family wedding.

Visitation will be held at Rose Family Funeral Home located at 4444 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063 on Sunday November 5th from 5pm-9pm. Rose Family Funeral Home will be handling the funeral arrangements.

Funeral mass will be held at St. Mels Church on Monday November 6th at 10:30am. St. Mels Church is located at 20870 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91364. Burial will follow directly after at Oakwood Memorial Cemetery at 1pm located at 22601 Lassen Street in Chatsworth CA 91311.

Bertha was born in Havana, Cuba to Rene and Catuca Doyarzabal on July 4th, 1934. As many Cubans did back in the 50’s, Bertha left Cuba as a young woman to seek a better life in the United States. She pursued a career in teaching and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Education. She served her community teaching Spanish for more than 30 years, most of that time spent at Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, CA. She ultimately became the head of the Spanish department and was loved by both the school administration and students alike.

She absolutely loved dancing and traveling. She was a regular traveler to Cancun Mexico, spending a month a year for close to 30 years. In recent years, she time volunteering at West Hills Hospital, supporting those in need.

Bertha is survived by her husband Ricardo, along with four children from her first marriage; Lenny, Leilani, Rex, and Kirk. Bertha also leaves behind six grandchildren, Charla, Angel, Rex Jr. Anthony, Haven, and Carter Tedeski.

Memorial donations may be made to the following two organizations, both of which Bertha supported;

Wounded Warriors at; Wounded Warriors (please click “Make this gift in honor or memory of an individual”) - https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=7792

Guide Dogs for the Blind; Guide Dogs for the Blind - https://www.guidedogs.com/support-gdb/donate

If you’d like to have acknowledgment sent with either of the above non-profits, please contact me directly at ktedeski@yahoo.com for an address to use.