Winston Bernard
Passed in: We'koqma'q First Nation
Passed on: April 25th, 2014
The giver of Life, hero, son, brother, uncle and friend passed away Friday, April 25, 2014, at the young age of 50. From We’koqma’q He resided in Wagmatcook with his partner, Margaret Peck. He was greeted in heaven by his beloved parents Noel J. and Teresa Bernard. Winston passed away at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, surrounded by his family and friends.
An athlete and avid runner he was well known in Unama’ki (Cape Breton) participating in the N.S. Mi’kmaw Summer Games and various charities including the Terry Fox Run and Johnny Miles Marathon. He will forever be remembered as a “Hero” for donating his organs and tissue so others can live, laugh and run. Winston worked hard for many years for the Waycobah Band Council as a landscaper. A spiritual man he loved to read the Bible, tell stories and jokes followed by a smile that can light up a room. He was a Proud Uncle who loved each and every one of nieces and nephews.
Left to mourn are his brothers, Christopher, Wagmatcook; Dale (Sharon), Paq’tnkek; Barry (Doody), Eskasoni; Gerald, Kevin and Rodney, all of We’koqma’q. He will be missed by his sisters, Patty, Lindsay, Pamela (Brian) Toney, all of We’koqma’q and Florence Phillips, of Houlton, Maine. He was loved by his partner, Margaret Peck and her son, Brendon, Wagmatcook. Surviving are his uncles, Edward Francis and Francis Joe Francis, Wagmatcook; aunts, Pearl Googoo, We’koqma’q; Annette Olsen, Wagmatcook; and Annie Joe, New Hampshire. He will be missed by best friends, Lawrence Sylliboy, Kenneth John Googoo, Cecil Condo, Alan Bernard, Eddy Johnson, Howard Peck, Leonard Peck, Chief Norman Bernard and Jean Prosper.
He was predeceased by his parents, Noel Joseph and Teresa (Francis) Bernard, his maternal grandparents, Tom Francis and Julie Francis (Paul), Wagmatcook; paternal grandparents, Charlie Bernard and Martha Wilmot, Wagmatcook; his godparents, Janet Gould and Clarence Prosper, We’koqma’q. God Bless.
Visitation will take place Thursday, May 1, 2014, in the We’koqma’q Fishery Building, 160 Reservation Rd, We’koqma’q, starting at 3 p.m. Funeral will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, from Saint Kateri Holy Trinity Parish, We’koqma’q, with Father Callistus Abazie officiating. Salite to follow at the Waycobah Community Hall. Donations can be made to a charity of choice.
Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Dennis Haverstock Funeral Chapel, Whycocomagh.
Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at: www.haverstocks.com.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receive; he who seeks finds; and him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7
