Bernadine Meinders - Online Memorial Website

I worked with Bernie while I was in high school ( 13 yrs ago). I Always had so much respect for her and thought she was so funny!! I often think about my days at Biehl's and remember our talks at her pressing machine while she worked away and I slacked :)! She was an amazing person! My deepest sympathy to her family!

Mike, Debbie, Shane & Stacey,

 

You all are in our thoughts and prayers at the loss of Bernie. She was a sweet lady who truly loved her kids and grandkids. She was such a hard worker. I remember when you lived in Speer and Jack, Bernie, Tootie and Sylvia would come over to your house...talk about the laughter and joking that would happen. That is what family is about. Good times and good memories. Treasure those memories. R.I.P. Bernie.

My mom, Bernie's sister in law, tells me stories of when aunt Bernie & uncle Jack and my mom & dad all lived together when they all first got married. They all stayed together in a small house where Mt Hawley airport is now & how cold it was in the winter. Years later when the two of them got together they would relive the people they both grew to know over the years & how things have changed. It was like they were the only two present & reliving a special moment that only the two of them seen. And the laughs would come as aunt Bernie would remember something funny that the two of them shared.  

My memory of aunt Bernie is as old as her baby sitting me to just a few years ago living down the street from her. She asked me if it would be ok if she came down & sat on my porch. She loved just sitting on the porch watching people or nature. One night the moon was very bright & I walked out on my porch to run something to my car & as I stepped out onto my porch, in the moon light, a figure was sitting in my lawn chair needless to say I screamed, she screamed, we both screamed. Then there was laughter. Oh how I will miss her laugh. She was very special & someone that will never be forgotten.

Dear Linda and Family,

Take hold of the memories you have made together and keep them close.  Kristen M. 

Linda,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time of sorrow.

Take Care.

Ann and Richard Niemann

Dear Linda and Family,

May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared, comfort you now and in the days ahead. We keep you in our thoughts. Edda and Ismeta

Dear Mike, Debbie, and Family,

I remember how much fun I had when I sat down with your mom to do her taxes.  She always had stories to tell, and most of them were about her kids.  Of course, there were always a few about her adventures on the boat.

 

She will be missed.  May you find comfort in your memories.

 

Helen

just wanted to tell you how sorry I am to hear of your Mother, Grandmothers passing. It's always very hard to lose someone that you love so very much. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Julie

Bernie and I were friends for 31 years when I first met her at Biehl's.

Bernie seemed to have a way of setting me up to get in trouble but was there to rescue me in the end. She was my confident, teacher, and listened to my problems helping me turn them around to the good.  She always found good in everything and everybody.

 

Bernie always took my husband Robert's side because he would come in work and visit her and bring her things from the garden. Jokingly she would say Don't pick on my boyfriend and he would ask very often How's my girlfriend Bernie.

 

One year for her birthday I bought her a Precious Moments Figurine Good Friends Are For Always. On my birthday she gave it back and we continued this for a few years until she finally wouldn't take it because I collected Precious Moments figurines and she wanted it in my collection.

 

 So Bernie my forever friend your boyfriend Robert will help look out for you until I can join you both.

Little Mary