Bernadette M. Stevens
February 2, 1945 ~ August 2, 2024
Resided in:
Sanford, Maine
Bernadette M. Stevens, 79, of Sanford, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 2, 2024, at Summer Commons in Sanford.
Bernadette was born on February 2, 1945, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Charles and Rita Clark. She moved to Sanford as a young woman, where she raised her family and spent the rest of her life.
During her career, Bernadette worked as a bookkeeper for several companies, including International Beef Products in North Berwick, Ulvack in Kennebunk, and McDonald’s. Even in retirement, her dedication to work continued part-time at Walmart in Sanford.
Bernadette had a passion for crafts, home repairs, and making greeting cards. She also had a deep love for her cats. A devoted communicant of St. Ignatius Church in Sanford, she was a loving and dedicated mother who will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Bernadette's memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her.
Bernadette was predeceased by her beloved husband, Alden R. Stevens, and extended family members, Frank Piazza Sr. and Vivian Piazza. She is survived by her two sons, Mark and Brian; her adopted sister, Jennifer Gaskell, along with Jennifer’s daughter and grandson, Charissa Brannen and Christopher Gaskell; and extended family members, Vicki Smeraldi, Frankie Piazza Jr., the rest of the Piazza family as well as her good friend, Brenda Poulan.
Bernadette, Family and Friends are very grateful for the love and care the staff provided her while she stayed at the Summer Commons Nursing care home, memory unit in Sanford, Me. Their work is very much appreciated. Thank you Summer Commons Memory unit staff.
A graveside service will take place at 11:00 AM on Friday, August 30th at the Ocean View Cemetery in Wells. The family will gather at Oak Street Bistro in Alfred at 12:30 following the interment.
Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, Sanford-Springvale.
To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit www.blackfuneralhomes.com.
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She was a very lovely Lady and great friend to me and my family. Bernadette was always willing to help friends with a big smile. She will be missed.
She was a long time friend to me and my family.
To Bernadette’s Family and Friends my deepest sympathy, I met Bernadette through her friend Jennifer, as one night a week they would gather to do scrapbooking. The group of ladies would always be telling many stories and alot of laughter as they were scrapbooking.
Bernadette was my sister and best friend for 57 years. We had a lot of memories and sadness in the years. I will miss her lots and lots. Her boys are in my heart.
Love u forever
God and Jesus were always in her heart, loving wife, outstanding Mother, honorable women, friend and sister to Jennifer, kind to those that she came across, loved dogs and cats, tinkerer and liked to fix problems.
When I brought Carl Higgins, Carl Leach and Fred Spaulding over the house, she asked them what they wanted for snacks. See, she was asking Brian and I “what we wanted”, but that changed to “what they wanted”. Carl Higgins would say ” Flakey, flakey, flakey puffs”. I was quite funny. I just had what Carl H, Carl L and Fred S asked for (that is, if there was any remaining 🙂 ).
She enjoyed workin with those at the McDonalds stores during her She is a very good Mother and loved the friends who came over. She would go shopping and buy Carl Higgins Flakey Puffs. During her bookeeping and payroll administrative duties she cared for the workers she interacted in the McDonald stores. As an employee at Walmart in Sanford, Me, she enjoyed working with her coworkers there too.
May her light God created and Jesus died on the cross to save be welcomed by our Father in Heaven. May it guide the rest of us to our Father as we live our days.
Bernadette came from a generation of women who believed in God, life, work and Motherhood. A Generation of intelligence and the building block of Family.
She is my Mother
Thank you, Mother, for bringing me into this world. Rest and Rise with our Savior Jesus and our Father. May you be united in Heaven with our Loved ones and everlasting life. I love you Mother and appreciate you raising me as a good man.
To Bernadette family, my
Sincere condolences to her family. We were on a bowling team at one time, we had many many strikes. Of what fun we had. RIP Bernie, (is what we called her). Sincerely, Rachel (Collette ) Burbank