Bernadette C. Dunne (nee Tighe) passed away from natural causes on Thursday, July 11, 2019. Bernadette was 84 years old. She was born in Inwood in Upper Manhattan on May 5, 1935. Bernadette graduated with a BA in English from Marymount Manhattan College. After graduating college, she spent most of 1956 touring Europe and then embarked on a 55-year career in education. She taught for nineteen years at PS 152 on Nagle Avenue in Upper Manhattan. Bernadette then taught at and was principal of Christ the King and Sacred Heart parochial schools in Yonkers. She concluded her career in 2010, after a fifteen-year tenure as Trustee and President of the Yonkers Board of Education. Bernadette left profound and lasting marks on all the students she taught, many of those students stayed in touch with her over the decades and leaned on her for career and personal advice. She will be missed and remembered all ways and always. Bernadette is predeceased by her husband, David Dunne, and her brother, Timothy Tighe. Bernadette is survived by her daughter, Deirdre Dunne (and her husband, Ivan Gonzalez), her son, Dennis Dunne (and his wife, Charlotte), and her grandchildren Cameron Dunne, Kaitlin Dunne, Griffin Dunne, Natalie Gonzalez, and Gavin Gonzalez. Visiting hours will be held at Whalen & Ball Funeral Home in Yonkers from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, July 15th. A funeral mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16th at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a donation in Bernadette’s memory to be made at Friends of the Children NY (www.friendsnewyork.org)
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