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Bethina Fleischer

Bethina Fleischer, 68 years old of San Francisco, California & San Antonio, Texas sadly left us on March 2, 2023 following an acute illness. She was born in Bogota, Columbia. She is survived by her two sisters, Jeannette Fleischer (Florida) and Michelle Fleischer (Texas); her niece, Feliza and grandnephew, Ricardo.

Bethina followed in her mother’s footsteps as an artist. After her education at the University of Texas in San Antonio and in New York City, she became a commercial artist, a seamstress, and loved cooking and baking unique meals for her friends. Cooking became part of her art. She was always bringing people together in beautiful new ways. Friends and neighbors described her as a “free spirit” or the “Magic Woman” in the neighborhood. She was a helper of anybody who looked like they needed help. She was known to be sympathetic to people who were hurting or just needed a listening ear. She was also known to do sidewalk chalk drawings in her neighborhood of a winged heart in front of the house of the person who was having a birthday. Her motto was “Love saves lives”. She was also involved in producing two panels for the AIDS quilt. After 9/11, she wanted to do something to remember the lives lost. She made thousands of crosses out of coffee stirrers and placed them in one of the parks in San Francisco. A rabbi who knew her said she seemed to resemble peace and wholeness. Shalom.

She is to be cremated by Fernwood Funeral Home, Crematory and Cemetery in Mill Valley, CA. www.fernwood.com