Bertha Kison was born in Pasco, WA, March 13, 1917, the first child of William Oscar and Cynthia Ann McKittrick Rogers. She died Dec. 8, 2008. She grew up on a dry land wheat farm near Ice Harbor Dam and was a life long resident of the Tri-Cities. Bertha graduated from Pasco High School in 1935. She married the love of her life, Fred Fritz Kison on September 15, 1937. They were married for 67 years. Bertha was a homemaker all her life. She enjoyed cooking, canning, vegetable gardening and caring for her roses and peonies. She baked wonderful fruit pies and always had cookies or cake available for visiting family and friends. She and her late husband, Fritz, were members of the Lutheran Church of the Master for 40+ years. She was an active member of the church altar guide for many years. Bertha was preceded in death by her parents, brothers James and Merle, sister Dorothy and her husband. She is survived by two sons; Paul Char of Pasco and Bruce Anna Marie of Bradenton, FL, four grandchildren David, Jeff, Robert and Jennifer Kison Goedde, four great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Dec. 13 at the Lutheran Church of the Master at Court and Road 48 in Pasco. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to Lutheran Church of the Master, 4820 W. Court St., Pasco, WA.