1920-2016
Born at home to Stuart Allen Long and Josephine Smyth Long on 12/09/1920; 58 Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland. Bernard passed quietly in his sleep on August 16, 2016. He was predeceased by two sisters, his wife, Margaret, and their son, Douglas. Bernard graduated from St. Bonds in 1937, attended Memorial University College in St. John's, graduating in 1940; attended Dalhousie in Halifax Nova Scotia, awarded a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1942 and a Master's Degree in Chemistry in 1944. He taught Physics at Memorial University, St. John's, from 1943 to 1951. He earned his Master's Degree in Physics from Fordham University in 1954. He continued to teach Physics at Fort Schuyler Maritime College in New York from 1952-1965 and then at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California from 1965 until he retired in 1990. Bernard met Margaret Halley at Memorial University College in the 1940's and they were married on June 15, 1946. Margaret died in 2006, just one month prior to their 60th wedding anniversary.
Bernard continued his professional development while he attended the UC Davis Summer Institute in Math and Nuclear Physics in Davis, California in 1959. He followed that with Summer Institutes at MIT/RPI in Boston in 1960; North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1961; Michigan State University in Houghton Michigan in 1963; and UCLA in 1964. Bernard served as a Committee Chair for his sons' Boy Scout Troop while living in New York. He continued to serve his church and community in California as one of the original members of the Church of the Ascension Parish which was formed in 1965. Over the years he served on the Parish Council, as RCIA Leader/Instructor/sponsor, CCD Instructor, and founding member of the Men's Club. He served on the San Francisco Diocesan Board of Education as well as the School Boards for both St. Lawrence Girls' High School and Archbishop Mitty High School. Bernard is survived by his and Margaret's children: Marilyn Briefs and her husband Wally, Robert Long, Brian Long, Regina Renn and her husband Charley, Kevin Long, and David Long. They are also survived by 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. A funeral mass will be held at 11 am on Saturday, Oct. 15th, 2016, at the Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA. A reception will follow in the church hall. In lieu of flowers, donations in Bernard's memory may be made to the Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County (https://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org). To send a message of condolence or sign the memorial guestbook, please visit www.funeralcremation.com