Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, Chester and Velma (Lester) Beasley, and her sister, Wanda Mitchell. She loved to spend time with her family and friends and always spoiled them with her cooking and baking, especially around the holidays. In 2021 she was blessed with her first great-granddaughter - Cora. In 2020 she moved to Austin to be close to Mark and his family during the last stage of her life. She was blessed during her lifetime with several grandchildren - Brecken, Montana, and Clark. She was also very active in volunteering at the church and was a member of LWML for many years. Her passion for children was again evident through her 37 years of teaching Sunday School and her support of St. Barbara was very committed to her faith throughout her lifetime and became a member of St.
That's where she got her true job satisfaction. She was well respected by all her colleagues and was recognized with several awards, but her passion centered around the safety and well-being of children. In 1978 she joined the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office in Quincy, where she worked as a child welfare case worker for 24 years.
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Her professional career involved substitute teaching at Quincy High School for a few years during the late 1970's. She lived in Quincy for the next 57 years, where she developed many deep friendships through her church, job, and neighborhood. It was there that they raised three sons - Mark, Brent, and Todd. After a few years in Norfolk, VA, and Carbondale, IL, they moved to Quincy in 1963. She later went to Fisher High School where she graduated in 1953, and then to Illinois State University where she graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education in 1957. She attended Bell School, a small one-room schoolhouse located across the road from her home. She was born on April 1, 1935, in a farmhouse in Newcomb Township near Fisher, IL. Barbara Ilene Bernett, a long-time resident of Quincy, IL, and recently of Austin, TX, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 16th.
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