Born April 24, 1920, in Hanover, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Margaret E. (Small) Leonard.
She was retired from the former Sylvania Shoe Co. in McSherrystown. Bernadette was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Hanover, and the Ladies Christian Benefit Assoc., Littlestown Senior Center, and McSherrystown Senior Center.
Surviving are four children, Michael F. Aumen and wife, Annamae of New Oxford, Robert J. Aumen and wife, Sharon, Donald E. Aumen and wife, June, and Cynthia J. Higgins and husband, Steve, all of Hanover; six grandchildren, Laura Aumen, Eric Aumen, Heath Meckley, Heather Coleman, Cory Aumen, and Bryanne Aumen; three stepgrandchildren, Roxann Eline, Rosemary Brown, and Norman Eline; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Sr. Monica Marie Leonard D.M. of York and Frances Unger of Hanover; and one brother, Thomas Leonard of Hanover. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Dennis and Leo Leonard.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Basilica in Edgegrove with the Rev. John A Szada, Jr., the Rev. Lawrence J. McNeil, the Rev. Paul J. Aumen, and the Rev. Timothy B. Klunk concelebrating.
Burial will follow in St. Vincent Cemetery, Hanover. Friends and relatives will be received Friday 6 to 8 p.m. at Murphy Funeral Home, 501 Ridge Ave., McSherrystown, with a prayer service held at 8 p.m. Serving as pallbearers will be Heath Meckley, Cory Aumen, Mike Coleman, Laura Aumen, Joe Brown, and Al Zeis.
Published in the Evening Sun from 3/26/2009 - 3/27/2009
Born April 24, 1920, in Hanover, she was the daughter of the late John F. and Margaret E. (Small) Leonard.
She was retired from the former Sylvania Shoe Co. in McSherrystown. Bernadette was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Hanover, and the Ladies Christian Benefit Assoc., Littlestown Senior Center, and McSherrystown Senior Center.
Surviving are four children, Michael F. Aumen and wife, Annamae of New Oxford, Robert J. Aumen and wife, Sharon, Donald E. Aumen and wife, June, and Cynthia J. Higgins and husband, Steve, all of Hanover; six grandchildren, Laura Aumen, Eric Aumen, Heath Meckley, Heather Coleman, Cory Aumen, and Bryanne Aumen; three stepgrandchildren, Roxann Eline, Rosemary Brown, and Norman Eline; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Sr. Monica Marie Leonard D.M. of York and Frances Unger of Hanover; and one brother, Thomas Leonard of Hanover. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Dennis and Leo Leonard.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Basilica in Edgegrove with the Rev. John A Szada, Jr., the Rev. Lawrence J. McNeil, the Rev. Paul J. Aumen, and the Rev. Timothy B. Klunk concelebrating.
Burial will follow in St. Vincent Cemetery, Hanover. Friends and relatives will be received Friday 6 to 8 p.m. at Murphy Funeral Home, 501 Ridge Ave., McSherrystown, with a prayer service held at 8 p.m. Serving as pallbearers will be Heath Meckley, Cory Aumen, Mike Coleman, Laura Aumen, Joe Brown, and Al Zeis.
Published in the Evening Sun from 3/26/2009 - 3/27/2009
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