Honor Berti's Last Wishes: Cremation and Burial

Hello My name is Michele Koonz and I have been Berti's best friend for over 20 years. Karin liberti is her real.name Berti is her nickname she worked as CNA for over 30 years retiring 4 years ago when she started Dialysis for Kidney Failure. She was born in Germany and was adopted and came to NY when she was 5 where she became a US citizen. We had no family health history so the kidney failure was a surprise.on 10-19 Berti suffered Cardiac Arrest at home Paramedics did CPR because the gold copy of DNR was not at house only a white copy.She survived 6 days in ICU and 3 on the unit meds were making her Ill they could not keep her blood pressure up and she was having trouble swallowing so could not eat hardly anything. She is in chronic Afib on top of having Pulmonary Fibrosis and having to be on oxygen All the time at 3 liters per minutes.on Monday she asked to have all essential care stopped and she was admitted to Hospice ,she doesn't have long now and since she lived alone and on only social security there is no end of life funds.she wishes to be cremated and buried at sea.besides me and my husband Gary Koon Sr,, she has 2 daughters and 4 grandson's unfortunately only her youngest daughter Kimberly Liberti Turna has been in her life with 2 of her grandsons Hunter and Aaron.she had another daughter Tina Beaver and 2 other grandsons Tyler and Kyle but they have not spoken in many years. She had a cat named Belle who passed away last month. We ask that you donate and help with honoring her last wishes. Berti was an avid bowler with her Betty Boop

Bowling ball. Betty Boop is her icon her entire house is decorated in Betty Boop stuff . Those who had the privilege of being her friend were very blessed we have had some crazy times over the last 20 years my sister Mary Robert was a nurse as am I and the three of us made so many people happy with our desire to care for them sadly Mary was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer and passed in 2021. Berti was there with me taking care of her till the end now they will both be guardian angels looking after us from heaven.Thank you for reading our story .God bless if you can't donate please say a prayer she passes peacefully.