Bernadette E. McManus of Quincy, Massachusetts, and North Haven died in Quincy on February 17. She was 89.
Born on February 11, 1925, in the Bronx to David Conklin and Bertha (Eskelund) Conklin, she worked as a telephone operator and in the repair bureau of New York Telephone.
She was predeceased by her former husband, Donald L. McManus, and by five brothers and two sisters. She is survived by a daughter, Veronica A. McManus of Quincy; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral was held at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Sag Harbor on February 22, followed by interment in the church cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home.
Memorial donations may be made to the Dominican Sisters Family Health Service, 103-6 West Montauk Highway, Hampton Bays, NY 11946.