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Bernadette Hendershot
In Memory of
Bernadette Mary "Bea"
Hendershot (Nadeau)
1926 - 2017
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Obituary for Bernadette Mary "Bea" Hendershot (Nadeau)

Bernadette Mary (Nadeau) Hendershot or Bea, as she was affectionately known, of Windsor Locks passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2017, with her loving family by her side. Bea was 91. She was predeceased by the love of her life, her husband Melvin E. Hendershot, who passed away on March 13, 2017. Bea and Mel met on the beach at Popham Beach Maine while Mel was stationed there in the Coast Guard. They spent more than 70 years together. Bea loved lunches out and traveling with Mel. Their favorite place to go for lunch was Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale in Westbrook. She was born on March 13, 1926, in St. Francis Maine the loving daughter of the late Charles and Rosalie (Dube) Nadeau. Bernadette was predeceased by seven sisters and six brothers. She was the last remaining member of her family. She was a faithful parishioner and a charter member of St. Robert Bellarmine Church. Bea had a green thumb and loved planting flowers and tending to her gardens. She worked at Dougherty Drug Store for 21 years. Bea is survived by her three daughters, Lenora Schultz, Rhonda Roe and her husband Dave, and Michelle Merrigan and her husband Gary; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends are welcome to join the family during visiting hours on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Windsor Locks Funeral Home,441 Spring St., Windsor Locks. A funeral procession will gather at the funeral home on Thursday, October 19, 2017, at 9 am for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10 am at St. Robert Bellarmine Church. Bea will be laid to rest beside her husband in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Memorial donations in memory of Bernadette may be made to St Robert Bellarmine, 52 South Elm St., Windsor Locks, CT 06096. For online expressions of sympathy or directions please visit www.windsorlocksfuneralhome.com
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