Beverly Ann Bernard

Beverly Ann Bernard, 86, was released on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from her earthly body, passed into Eternal Heaven with the Lord she loved, and was reunited with her loved ones. She had been battling Dementia for six years. Beverly was born November 30, 1934 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada to Bertrum and Virginia Reynolds Mewton. Her childhood was spent in rural Medicine Hat before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where she graduated from Richmond Junior-Senior High School in 1952. Upon graduation, she stopped at a local employment agency in Vancouver to see if they could help her find a job. She was interviewed and hired on the spot to work in their own office. Without a doubt, it was her pleasant manner and infectious smile that got her the first and only job she would have. Beverly continued to work there until she married four years later. In 1955, she met David John Bernard on a Sunday night at church. David was stationed across the bridge from Vancouver at the Blaine Air Force Station in Washington. A friend advised him that they could get out of kitchen duty on base if they told their Commanding Officer that they were going to church. David’s response was “now why would I want to go to church on a Sunday night?” to which his friend replied “because this church has pretty girls”. The two of them went and ended up seated near Beverly and some of her friends. After church, David got up the courage to speak with Beverly and he asked her to go dancing, but she declined. He then said “what would you like to do?” and her response was, “You can take me to a hockey game but only if you come to church next Sunday morning.” He did, and the rest is history. They married on September 6, 1956 at the United Church of Canada in Vancouver, B.C. In the spring of 1957, David and Beverly packed everything they owned in their car and drove cross country to where David had grown up in the Rhinebeck-Hyde Park area of Dutchess County, NY. This was where David and Beverly settled and raised their family for the next thirty years and where they were an active part of Hyde Park Baptist Church. While at Hyde Park Baptist, she was a children’s Sunday School Teacher and a Local C.E.F (Child Evangelism Fellowship) Teacher. Beverly went through the naturalization process and became a citizen of the United States on December 18, 1964. In 1987, a job change brought David and Beverly upstate to Clifton Park, NY. Together, they joined and served in many capacities at Temple Baptist Church. She enjoyed being a leader in the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Program. In 2007, David and Beverly downsized and moved to Broadalbin to be closer to their youngest daughter and family. They quickly became part of the Broadalbin Community, and were actively involved at the Broadalbin Baptist Church and Sacandaga Bible Conference. She was a Leader in the AWANA Program at the church. In every church and every community that she was part of, Beverly was known for her gracious and elegant entertaining and her home was always open to anyone in need. David and Beverly moved to Kingsway Community in Schenectady in 2018 as they both faced major health issues. While there, she lived at the Manor Assisted Living, the Memory Care Center, and the Kingsway Arms Skilled Nursing Center, where she passed away. Throughout David and Beverly’s lives, they loved to vacation at Word of Life in Schroon Lake, NY. In later years, they enjoyed traveling to other Word of Life Camps around the globe, cruising to exotic ports of call, and family vacations to the Outer Banks, NC and Marco Island, FL. Beverly loved to cook and entertain for family and friends in the most elegant settings. Her children and grandchildren were her most treasured gifts and she longed to have contact and relationships with each one of them, even when circumstances made it difficult or impossible. Her physical and emotional pain this world afforded was forgotten upon entry into Heaven. Revelation 21:4 (NKJ) “He will wipe every tear from their eyes, there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain for the old order of things has passed away.” She was assured of this promise as a believer and has now experienced its reality in Glory. In addition to her parents, Beverly was predeceased by her husband of almost 63 years, David John Bernard in 2019, and their daughter, Laura Bernard in 2007. Survivors include a son, Jeffrey (Leah) Bernard of Hyde Park, NY and a daughter, Kelly (Keith) Canary of Vail Mills, NY; six grandchildren, James and Stephen Camburn, Jennifer and Jonathan Bernard and Chandler and Benjamin Canary; two great-grand children; a younger brother, Douglas Mewton, of Aylesford, Nova Scotia; a niece, Patty Dorf; and a great-nephew, Andrew Brodsky, both of Ormond Beach, FL. Calling hours will be on Saturday, November 27, 2021 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Robert M. Halgas Funeral Home, Inc. 111 County Highway 106 (corner of Rt. 29 and Black St.), Johnstown, NY followed by a Celebration of Life Service with Pastor Duke Hergatt, officiating. Burial will be in Broadalbin–Mayfield Rural Cemetery. Facial coverings are respectfully recommended. Memorial contributions can be made to Word of Life Camper Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 600, Schroon Lake, NY 12870. The family would like to thank the hardworking and compassionate caregivers of Kingsway Community for helping, caring, and enabling Beverly to maintain her dignity since 2018.

Beverly Ann Bernard

November 30, 1934 - November 20, 2021

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