Bernard Lee Albert

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

I was shocked to learn of Bernie's untimely death. We were buddies and our parents close friends from kindergarten through graduation at Roanoke Catholic. Then we went our separate ways for most of our lives. As Sam Assaid said in his comments in this book - for 13 years the nuns roll call was "Agee, Albert and Assaid" - when trouble loomed the order was often "Albert, Assaid and Agee". Those memories are still alive and it is difficult to accept that one of the three A's is not answering...

Dearest Bonnie,

I have thought about you and your family so much since the loss of your dear brother. I am Kay Stephenson's niece, and I felt like I knew Bernie from hearing so much about him from Kay and Katie. What a dear man he was.....He was such an influential person in Katie's life. Full of kindness, love, and humor. He will surely be missed. I wanted to make sure you knew what an impact he had on someone who had never even met him.......love and blessings to you and your...

My brother, Bernie, was the best big brother in the whole world!! Bernie moved in with us in Jan. of 2008. I considered his being with us a GIFT! I am very thankful to God for the time he and I had. Bernie was like a brother to Ron. Few people can have that close a friendship with a sibling. We talked about our childhood a lot. We talked about all of the different personalities in our family. We loved to play scrabble together! Every day since he left his earthly life I have received cards...

I have only known Bernie for the past few years. I met him when he moved in with Bonnie and Ron and became Bonnie's sidekick. One thing I know for sure is that Bonnie was able to experience "brotherly love" in a way that most of us never do. It was so obvious how much Bernie loved Bonnie. Not many brothers would center their lives around a sister for even a few days. You could tell that Bernie and Bonnie really enjoyed every minute they spent together. They had fun whether they were...

Glenda, we are so sorry to hear of your loss, you and your family are in our prayers.

Bernie, I can't believe your gone. I love you and I will miss you so much. You were such an important part of my life for so long. You were always there for me, in good times and bad. We butted heads a lot but I learned great values that I've passed on to my boys. Josh is the man he is today because of you and I thank you for that. As long as we are all here on this earth you will be alive in us. When I listen to my oldies I know you will be right there, When I'm in the kitchen, I know you...

Bernie, I love you and I'm gonna miss you so much. You were my DAD even though not by blood. You raised me the way you thought was best and even though we butted heads at times, I knew you were right and that everything you said or did was in my best interest. My boys loved you so much. You instilled great values in me and you were the best role model for Josh. He is a wonderful man today because of you. Thank you for that. I will miss you so much. I love you Bernie

pol pol bernie was me polpole. he youst to call my mommy boobie-doobie her said that he love us the last time i saw him. when i heard that he died i cryed and then i thoght that mhe was up in heven in a better place now. We all loved him in this room he loved us he had his life and we are going to have our life we loved him and he loved us and thats what i know. if he would not have died then he would haved lived thats what i think i would have wanted him to be here we all no that he was an...