Bernadette Louise Conerty, 90, of Chicora, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.
A lifelong resident of Chicora, Bernie was a daughter of the late Henry Thomas Conerty and Bessie Elizabeth Forquer Conerty.
Bernie was a graduate of Karns City High School and the Pittsburgh Floral Academy.
She was the first secretary/bookkeeper of the Butler County Visiting Nurses Association, and she was the owner and operator of Killarney Creations – Flowers for all Occasions.
Bernie was a member at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Sugarcreek and St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Cabot. In 1981, Bernie researched and wrote the book that commemorated the 175th anniversary of St. Patrick Church, the first Catholic church in western Pennsylvania.
A gal with a great personality, Bernie loved helping people and often donated flowers to the chapel at the Butler V.A. Medical Center.
The youngest of eight siblings, Bernie is survived by nieces and nephews: Judith and Tracy Crawford, Susie and Tom Storm, Paula, Cindy, and Kevin Conerty, Russ and Greg Welker, Kathy, Linda, Suzi and Clay King, and Kathy, Virginia, and Vince Conerty, Jr.; and many grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
In addition to her parents, Bernie was preceded in death by her siblings, Mary Storm, Regis Conerty, Patrick Conerty, Margaret Welker, Alice King, Vince Conerty, Sr., and Pauline Crawford.
Friends will be received in the Martin Funeral Home Downtown, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler, on Sunday, Feb. 1, from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 315 Stoney Hollow Rd., Cabot, with Rev. James Kurtz, OFM, Cap., officiating.
Burial will take place in St Patrick Cemetery, Sugarcreek.