{"id":23280,"date":"2012-09-10T07:25:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retzmemorials.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=470"},"modified":"2024-03-20T05:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T11:12:05","slug":"bertha-dolores-best","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/bertha-dolores-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Bertha Dolores Best"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-23280","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"fields":{"zipcode1":"","event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"Bertha","middle_name":"Dolores","last_name":"Best","date_born":"09\/27\/1920","date_died":"01\/27\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Bertha D. Best of Helena passed away on January 27, 2011, at the age of 90, at Big Sky Care Center with her niece, Diana Jewett and good friend Judy Will by her side. She was born to Laura and Thomas Edwards on September 27, 1920 in Twin Bridges, Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Bertha married Cecil McClure in Twin Bridges on the September 26, 1938. They had one daughter, Edie Marie. Cecil died in 1958. She then married, Virgil L. Best on February 20, 1959. They spent most of their married life in Helena where she worked at the Shodair Children\u2019s Hospital for sixteen years. Virgil passed away on March 25, 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Her brother, Howard Edwards, and her sisters, Dorothy Buttons and Delphine Bock precede her in death. Bertha was the youngest of the four children. Also preceding Bertha in death are several extended family members.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her daughter, Edie McClure of Colorado; her two grandchildren, Scott (Nancy) Carlson of Huntsburg, OH and Beth Carlson Vanderhoff of Denver CO; four great-grandchildren, Anna, Abigail Carlson and Megan, Nicolas Vanderhoff; numerous nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Bertha has requested that there would be no formal services. She will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Helena on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 11 a.m. next to her husband Virgil. To share condolences to the family or to share a memory of Bertha, please visit: www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1053637.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}