BERNON, Mary Doreen “Trena”

Another beautiful angel has entered the Kingdom of Heaven.
With profound sorrow and deepest grief, our family sadly announces the
passing of Mary Doreen (Trena) Bernon, on Sunday, August 18, 2019, a wife
so amazing and wonderful that mere words cannot describe her, surrounded
by her devoted husband Dave and family by her side.
Trena leaves behind her husband of 58 years, her 2 sons, David (Katherine)
and Derek (Rose), her beautiful grandchildren Brittany (Mike), Ashley (Ian),
Julian (Katie), great grandchild Kendell and Hunter and her step
grandchildren Amanda, Kalie and Gillian, all of whom were the light of her
life, also a number of
nieces and nephews.
Trena was born in New Waterford, Cape Breton, N.S., to the late Michael
and Elizabeth MacNeil. She is also predeceased by her little sweetheart
daughter, Elizabeth and her two loving sisters, Marguerite MacLean and
Lorna Pettitt.
Being born in Cape Breton, she never lost her Down East charm, always
approachable and friendly to everyone. She graduated from Mount Carmel
High School and Central High School with Honours and was chosen as a
Rotary Scholar and was sent to Ottawa as part of a cultural Exchange
Program. She received a Student Council Leadership Award and a Scholarship
to attend Nova Scotia Teachers’ College. It was here in Truro, N.S. that
she met her husband, Dave, fell in love, got engaged, and married the very
next year. After teaching in Sydney Mines for 5 years, Trena and her
family moved to Guelph, where she and her husband were employed by the
Wellington Catholic Separate School Board. She loved teaching and had a
significant impact on the minds, hearts and souls of those entrusted to
her care. She will always be remembered by her Grade 5 and 6 students for
her daily reading of “The Black Stallion” Series which many of her
students thoroughly enjoyed. She loved teaching music and was choir
director as part of her many responsibilities. After teaching for 23
years, Trena became a Certified Travel Consultant, which enabled her to
travel to many parts of the world, her favourite places being Israel and
Italy. Her concern for others prompted her to become a Volunteer at the
Guelph General Hospital for many years which brought her much
satisfaction. She also campaigned for the Cancer Society, the Heart and
Stroke Foundation to name but a few. She received a special award from the
Rotary Club of Guelph where she helped her husband, Dave, with Rotary
Fundraising Activities and with Canada Day.
Trena loved animals and nature in general. Her warm and sensitive heart
drew them to her.
She was also involved with St. John Church as a Eucharistic Minister, a
Lector and a Counter and was a member and Secretary of the Ladies’
Auxiliary of the Italian Canadian Club.
In her later years, although Trena had many health problems, she rarely
complained and placed her faith and trust in the hands of Almighty God.
Trena was also very creative and talented. She loved painting and crafts
of all sorts.
She was the Matriarch of her family and, showed through example, how to
live life in a caring, positive, and exemplary fashion. She will be
missed by her friends, her friendship club, and her weekly card club with
whom she shared many happy moments.
Although the clock of life for Trena has run its course, Eternity, with
all its magic, splendor and wonder, now awaits her. Although the chain of
life has been broken, it will be linked again with Dave, her family, and
loved ones in Eternity. May God now reward her with Eternal Life and
Peace.
Friends will be received at Gilbert MacIntyre and Son Funeral Home, Hart
Chapel, 1099 Gordon St., Guelph, on Thursday, August 22, 2019 from 2-4 and
7-9. Funeral Mass at St. John’s Church, 45 Victoria Rd. N., Guelph, on
Friday, August 23rd, 2019 at 11 a.m. Cremation will follow. As
expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to The Scleroderma Research
Foundation, the Diabetes Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation or
the Guelph Humane Society would be appreciated by the family.