Alberta Burkart

A graveside service for Alberta Jean Burkart,78, of Roswell, will be held at 10 am Saturday, November 21, 2009 at South Park Cemetery with Pastor Ruben Rodriguez officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 8:00 am - 9:30 am. Our precious wife and mother was released from this life and taken to see Jesus face to face on Nov. 18,2009. Jean was born the only child of Ewald Herman and Tressa Ulna (Mapes) Schultz on December 25, 1930. She was raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. After graduating high school she worked as a switchboard operator for Mountain Bell and took nursing classes to become a licensed vocational nurse. In the 1950’s she worked in Enid, Oklahoma at the Enid State School taking care of patients with severe disabilities. Later in life she worked with her husband, John in their own business, selling and servicing Curtis Mathis televisions in Albuquerque and later in Roswell. During the 70's and early 80’s Jean and her husband owned and operated the TV & Stereo Center in Artesia, NM. After John retired and sold the business, she worked as a teller for United New Mexico bank. In 1987 she was diagnosed and started her first battle with cancer. For the past 22 years she has had numerous treatments for many types of cancer, but she never gave up. Always courageous and faithful, she found the strength to serve the people that she cared about the most; her family. She also reached out to many of the patients and families she came to know through the cancer center at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Jean was certain that her greatest victory in this life was receiving Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in 1975. She prayed over her family and others everyday, and as a result she touched the lives of everyone she came in contact with. She was a member of Church on the Move, in Roswell. Jean is preceded in death by both of her parents and one grandson. She is survived by her devoted and loving husband, John. Many were blessed to call her Mother and she is survived by a son, Michael Gajewsky and his wife, Sheryl of Longview, TX. Daughter Debbie Frazier and her husband, Dan of Rio Rancho, N.M. Daughter Jeanne Mauldin and her husband Charles of Roswell. Daughter Cathy Hans and her husband Jim of Albuquerque. Daughter Terry Bullock and her husband Don of Roswell. Step daughter Michele Simonsen and her husband Sean of Roswell. Step son Chris Burkart and his wife Brenda of Clovis. Eleven grandchildren and 5 great - grandchildren. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Roswell Humane Society. Please share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book at andersonbethany.com Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory.

Alberta Burkart

December 25, 1930 - November 18, 2009