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Dr. Bernard Matthew Covalesky M.D.

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Bernard Covalesky Obituary

Dr. Bernard Matthew Covalesky MD, of Randolph, retired Obstetrician/Gynecologist/Surgeon, loving father, proud grandfather, gentleman, friend, American Lithuanian and strong advocate for life was called back to God following a long illness at Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, NJ. Dr. Covalesky graduated University of Scranton, PA with a BS in 1948. He graduated Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1952. He interned at Scranton State Hospital, PA and Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital, Jersey City, NJ, 1953-1954. He went on to residency at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City. Dr. Covalesky was a Captain for the United States Airforce Medical Corps and Reserve, 1954-1957. He practiced medicine for over forty years at (former) Dover General Hospital, Dover, NJ, St. Claire's Hospital, Denville, NJ and Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ. Dr. Covalesky was a published writer who researched the origin of the Lithuanian Wayside Cross. He was a guest lecturer at the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania. He was also a humanitarian, supporter of religious and conservative issues. He was a Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International.

Predeceased by baby daughter Margaret. Survived by eldest son, Bernard Covalesky, Jr., Pharmacist Randolph, NJ and his wife Ausra, twin sons, Dr. John Covalesky, Cardiologist, Manalapan, NJ, Dr. James Covalesky, Internist, Manalapan, NJ/Norristown, PA, daughters, Susan Savaiko, Pharmacy Compounder, Randolph, NJ, Mary Isherwood, Registered Nurse, Andover, NJ, Dr. Frances Covalesky, Classical Pianist, Randolph, NJ and Anne Kostuchik, writer, Randolph, NJ. He had 12 beautiful grandchildren whom he adored namely Manuel, Jr., Andrew, Maria, and Allyson Isherwood, Jurgis, Fedoras and Marija Savaiko, Luke Kostuchik, and Bernardas, Jonas, and Dr. Covalesky's youngest twin toddler grandchildren, Matas and Veronika Covalesky. Dr. Covalesky came from a family of 13 and is also survived by a sister, Ann Covalesky, Dalton, PA, and a brother, Dr. Andrew Covalesky, DDS, Frenchtown, NJ. He was also blessed with many nephews and nieces.

Dr. Covalesky was grateful for the excellent care he received at the hands of the doctors, nurses and aids at Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, NJ, especially Dr. Marc Cohen, Dr. Chungaung Chen, Dr. Craig Sauders and their caring and loving staff; Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ; and, Merry Heart Rehabilitation Center, Succasunna, NJ, Dr. Shaw, and their caring and wonderful staffs. Also, Cleveland Clinic Institute, Dr. Cosgrove, Dr. Natale and staff. After Dr. Covalesky's retirement he enjoyed staying at home, teaching his grand children, attending daily Mass, Lithuanian functions, reading books, newspapers, working on crossword puzzles, gardening, listening to opera and attending concerts. He especially loved traveling to Kennebunkport, Maine, Florida and Lithuania with his family. He loved his religious Priests, Brothers and Sisters.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be sent in Dr. Bernard Covalesky's memory to the Lithuanian Franciscan Monastery Address: Franciscan Monastery, Attention: Franciscan Superior, P.O . Box 980 Kennebunkport, Maine 04046 and/ Or, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz Chancery Office: P.O. Box 80328 Lincoln, NE 68501-0328. Pray for the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, all religious men and women, and unborn babies. Visitation will be held on Tuesday 4-7 PM at the Bermingham Funeral Home, 216 S. Main St., Wharton, NJ. Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday 10:30 AM at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 W. Franklin Ave., Pequannock, NJ. Interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Dover. Offer condolences at www.BerminghamFH.com

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Published by Daily Record on Jan. 23, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Bernard Covalesky

17 Entries

Grace Adele Spruiell

February 7, 2011

Dear Fran,

I am so very sorry to learn of the passing of your beloved father. I remember how dear he was to you and how you always spoke of him so lovingly and with a fierce protectiveness in your voice and manner. I always knew how dear he was to you and I am just so very sorry that he is no longer hear on this earth with you.

He is surrounded by light and love, and he shall live on in you.

Much love to you and your family.

February 5, 2011

Jim Shelby Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Jane Curtin

February 2, 2011

Am so very sorry for your lost. May God comfort you in this time of loss. And may your father be richly blessed.

January 26, 2011

What’s life without having the closet person to you anymore? What’s life without somebody loving you and fighting for you and always being there to take care of you? What’s life when you don’t have that very person to hug and still wish they were here? What’s life when you want more than their spirit being in your heart and standing next to you in spirit? What’s life when the one you loved most has gone to a better home? Yet you still want them here so you can just say you loved them one more time. What’s life when all you do is have thoughts because you lost someone very dear to you? What’s life when you feel so heartbroken? What’s life when you can’t stop crying? What’s life when you can’t stop thinking of how much you miss the person? What’s life when their only watching over you from heaven when you want them here watching over you? What’s life when you watched the very person die in front of you and couldn`t do anything about it? What`s life when you thought that very person was getting better but was actually dying slowly? What`s life now that you don’t have them there to push you or to tell you, you have a reason in life? What’s life when you don’t have a father in your life anymore? What’s life when you don’t have a grandfather anymore? What`s life without a great friend anymore? What’s life when you have truly lost one of the best people God brought into this world? What’s life when you don’t have a teacher anymore? What’s life when you don’t have a mentor anymore? What’s life when you are in too much agony? What`s life when the only person you looked to for advice has passed on? What`s life when you just feel so empty hearted? What`s life when you just feel so shocked that it happened? What`s life when the closest person in all of our lives is now in heaven? What`s life when God wants to work in mysterious ways? What`s life without having Dr. Covalesky in our lives to touch each one of our hearts in the special way he did? Life is full of tons of surprises. Life is given to us so we can build something of it. Like I always say we are not put into this world with a life, but that we have to build it up. Dr. Covalesky truly built up a great life for himself. He built up a great life for each one of us also. Dr. Bernard Covalesky truly rose up a great family. He rose up such a loving family. He was such a loving man. No one can replace his love. We can only say that an angel of God`s is now another one of our guardian angels. Dr. Covalesky was a well loved man. He impacted many hearts and many hearts feel the burden of a great loss. Dr. Covalesky taught us all that we have to work hard to make a life for ourselves and what is this life he wants us to build up? He wants us all to build up a loving and religious life. We are not able to do what such a great man did but we all can do something in his honor. He wanted us all to go to church and to receive the precious body and blood of Jesus Christ. He wanted us all to pray every day and every time we weren’t doing anything. Dr. Bernard Covalesky was that man that never stopped praying. He never let anything interfere with his praying. We can only try to do the same. I see the pain that you all go through and I know it’s so much to take in. But Dr. Covalesky would want us to get back on with our lives but never let him out of our hearts. Dr. Bernard Covalesky loved everything about Lithuania. We can only try to do the same. He wanted us all to learn something we didn`t know and all we can do is learn something we didn`t know everyday just for him. Dr. Covalesky loved the church and all the members of the church and just wanted each one of us to support them and love them also. Dr. Covalesky never turned any way that needed help. We all must learn to do the same. Dr. Covalesky never let anything stop him. He would want us to do the same. Dr. Bernard Covalesky, if he could have said one more thing that would have been, “I am in all of your hearts, I loved all of you so very much and I will continue to do so in heaven”. “Do not forget about me and continue to do what I did”. “Do not give up one another for all you have left is one another”. “Do not forget to love one another as I loved you”. “I am truly proud of what each one you have done and achieved”. “Just keep working hard and never let anything stop you”. Dr. Covalesky loved each one of you so much and he will never stop loving you. He is a Saint. He is a great father, grandfather and friend. We have to thank the lord that he gave us such a great loving father, grandfather and friend. Dr. Covalesky is smiling above in heaven because he knows that we are not going to give up on him and because we are going to continue his mission. God challenges us so many times. The difficulties in our lives are tests from God checking on us to see if we still love him and still believe in him. Dr. Covalesky had his difficulties in life but he always persevered. He would not let anything get in the way of his love for his family. He considered everyone that he impacted so much his family. He always called us a big family. Dr. Covalesky loved nature so much. We shall try to take care of the nature he loved so much. He loved to see the happiness in everyone`s life. He would cry when each one of us was in pain and would cry himself to sleep because of how much we meant to him. No one else was like him. No one else was so loving and compassionate. We can only try to be like him. When things get difficult Dr. Covalesky would want us to pray and continue to pray until things got better. He wanted us all to take care of each other. Many things were accomplished by Dr. Bernard Covalesky and everything he did. He did everything in a special way. We can`t do the special things he did but we can try. Dr. Covalesky touched many hearts with his kindness. We have to touch others hearts in the same kindness as Dr. Bernard Covalesky. We all have to realize that we didn’t lose him. We just gained him in our hearts. He never left us because he is beside us all. It is such a burden to see such a loving man go but we must all understand that God called Dr. Bernard Covalesky to serve him in heaven. God called him so he can watch over us all better. He truly was a Saint and we all must be grateful that we spent time with a Saint. It is hurting us all and we can only turn to one another for comfort. Dr. Bernard Covalesky is comforting us all in our hearts. Life as we know it is just a mystery. No one can answer what life is. No one can answer why we had such an amazing person in our lives. No one can answer why one man was able to do all that he did while he was a servant of God on this planet. No one can answer why God took him so early. All we can do is wonder why such a loving man was given to us. We are all servants of God. Dr. Bernard Covalesky is truly in heaven, a better place now. Life is so precious to give up but we must give our lives up because we will be called by God one day. God will call each one of us to sit beside him in heaven, where we can re-unite with Dr. Bernard Covalesky a loving father, grandfather and friend. We all just wish we could have had more time with Dr. Bernard Covalesky but it was God intentions that he took up Dr. Bernard Covalesky when he did. God wanted us to learn a lesson and that lesson we all interpreted a different way. We were all given different lessons with the loss of Dr. Bernard Covalesky. We must do what Dr. Covalesky would have wanted each one of us to do. It is such a grief to lose him but now we are all a closer family and that is what Dr. Bernard Covalesky truly wanted. He wanted all of us to take care of each other and we must do so. We will always treasure him in our hearts and keep his memories with us until it is our time to re-unite with the most loving man in our lives. It is truly a misery but God wanted to teach us, each one of us something. We may not know what life means but we do know what one person means to us. We all have to open our hearts to one another and just love people as Dr. Bernard Covalesky did. He never hated any one, he only loved and we must try to do the same. His loss is a lesson to us all and we must learn that lesson. Dr. Bernard Covalesky had a great history and all we can do is spread that history onto our children so he may live on forever. He is up above in heaven now where he will continue to teach us until we are called to serve along God in heaven. We all have the lives that we have because of Dr. Bernard Covalesky. We would be somewhere or doing something else if it weren’t for Dr. Covalesky. He will always be in our prayers and he will always answer them now from heaven. He is truly a great Angel and Saint. We may not know what to do anymore but we have to keep our hearts open so that Dr. Bernard Covalesky can tell us what to do. Life was too short for Dr. Covalesky but now he will have a long living life in heaven. He was re-united with the loved ones he lost and is now waiting for each one of us. Dr. Covalesky really did touch each one of our hearts and we have to be thankful for that. We were given the greatest man on this earth to be our father, grandfather and friend. We all must keep our heads up because that is what he would have wanted. If we all could wish for one thing we would all wish to be with him one more time but now he is with us all the time. We have to learn that all struggles in life can be overcome only if we keep determined like Dr. Covalesky did. It is truly a saddening loss but it is truly a gift that we had him in our lives. May he always be in our hearts and always watch over us from his new home. He was given a life to make something of himself and he worked hard to make something great of himself. We all must try to do the same. If life never ended than there wouldn’t be the most important lessons in life to learn. But we are given death so we can learn something that we haven’t learned yet. We all just have to stay close as a loving family and just never let our memories of him go. It was truly a blessing to be with him and we all must wait until the day we can re-unite with him but until that day we have to keep his love and honor continuing. Please God give us all strength so that we may grow stronger together and never give up on one another. Please God remind us of all the great times we had with him and please never let us give up on our faith, for Dr. Covalesky wouldn’t have wanted that. We will always love him and treasure his love. He will always be there for us in all our times of need. He is now in a better place and all we can do is thank God for giving us the most loving man. Dr. Bernard Covalesky your spirit lies in each one of our hearts and it will always burn. Dr. Bernard Covalesky you had an amazing affect on us all. We all love you and we never will stop loving you.

January 26, 2011

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

MJ Zacruminas

January 25, 2011

As long as the candle shall be lit you will be in our hearts.

MJ Z

January 25, 2011

You were the closest person to us all, you showed each one of us how to love, you showed each one of us how to forgive, you taught each one of us how to respect one another, you taught us all how to be religious and how to love god. You never gave up on any of us, you were there for us at anytime we needed you, you always prayed for us all. You always checked on us and never forgot about us. You went to quick for any of us, We all wish we had you a bit longer so we all could of gotten more of your love. WE all wish the last words we could have said to you were "I love you". Senelis we really miss you and wish you were here a bit longer for us. But God had a meaning for our greatest loss. God wanted to take care of you in a better place. God wanted to call one of his best servants to work beside him. Now you will always be remembered as a Saint by each one of us. You taught us how to work hard to reach our goals. None of us will ever forget you, We will keep your legacy on so that you great grandchildren will also know of your love. Everyone will miss you, from wherever you made a great impact. You are truly a loving man and you were our angel here on earth and now in heaven. You were given to us to watch over us and you did so. God loved you very much and you passed on his life through you. Senelis, God has taken you to his kingdom so you may be rewarded for all you have done. You will always be in our hearts, guiding us to what is right. You will never leave our side because you loved each one of us too much. Love as we know it was taught to us by you. We are all having a hard time. But we all know that you are up there in heaven helping us through it all. Life was given to you so that you could accomplish what god wanted you to and all I can say is you accomplished it better than god had intended. We Love you Senelis. We will always love you and we will never let you out of our hearts. Watch over us all so that we may grow up to be like you. Thank you Senelis for all you have done. Thank you, love you.

Sandra Davis

January 25, 2011

So sorry to here of Dr.Covalesky's passing. He was a great Dr. He didn't deliver my son but helped me medically after another Dr. had messed me up from a simple D&C. He also worked at Dover General Hospital where I also worked. He was kind, caring and very professional. He cherished his family and always talked of them fondly. My deepest sympathy and prayers go out to his family. His memories will live on.
Sincerely,
Ms. Sandra L.Davis

Vicki Spruiell

January 24, 2011

Dear Fran and family. I am truly sorry to hear of the passing of Dr. Covelesky. I remember him as a kind and caring man. My heart felt prayers are being offered for you, your dad and family at this most difficult time. I know he is surrounded by Light and Presence of God and he will dwell in the house of the Lord.

January 24, 2011

Dr. Covalesky was on the leading edge of infertility treatments when I met him in 1960. If he hadn't worked with me for three years, we wouldn't have our two sons and daughter. We moved to Germany before he could deliver our sons. We were sent back to Picatinny Arsenal in time for him to deliver our daughter. We moved away again not to return until we visited with him last June...42 years later. He remembered us and we had a wonderful visit. God used him to bless us in countless ways. May he be blessed for all eternity in the presence of his loving God.
Mary & Joe Schwarzbauer, Florissant, MO

Carmen Acevedo

January 24, 2011

I am very sorry to hear about the passing of Dr. Covalesky, he delivered my daughter who is now 25 years old and he was a great doctor to me. May God be with his family and may he R.I.P.

Bill Keyes

January 24, 2011

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Dr. Covalesky. He delivered 2 of our 3 boys and took good care of my wife. He was a good family friend of my wife's family. May God grant him eternal rest. My condolences to family and friends.

Linda Byrne

January 23, 2011

"I am so very sorry to hear about Dr. Covalesky's passing he was a great doctor with a compassionate heart".

Carol Amato

January 23, 2011

I am sorry to read of Dr. Covalesky's passing. He was a good doctor with a Christian heart.

January 23, 2011

With deepest sympathies.
Morris County Medical Society

jody wos

January 23, 2011

I am sorry to hear about his passing. He was an amazing doctor who delivered all three of my children who are now 26,28 and 30 years old. He was a very caring, compassionate doctor, who listened to a woman and her needs. He has touched so many people in his professional life, and I am sure in his personal life as well.

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