(September 17, 1940-April 15, 2002)

NORWOOD--The funeral for Bernard R. Weaver, 61, Norwood, will be at noon Friday at Garner Funeral Home, Potsdam, with the Rev. Russell Clark officiating. Burial will be in West Potsdam Cemetery.

 Mr. Weaver died Monday in Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg, where he had been a patient since Friday.

 Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

 He was employed through Carpenters Union Local 278, Watertown, during construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Massena, and Nine Mile Point nuclear plant, Oswego. He also owned and operated B&M Contractors.

 Born Sept. 17, 1940, in Potsdam, son of Bernard Arthur and Florence Wright Weaver, he attended schools in Canton. He married Mary Ellen Christy on Feb. 23, 1963, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Potsdam, with the Rev. James E. Pennock officiating. The couple lived in West Potsdam until moving to Norwood in 1993.

 He was a member of Carpenters Union Local 278, Watertown, West Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department and West Potsdam Fire Police.

 Surviving besides his wife and his father of Massena are a son and his wife, Scott and Michele, Norwood; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Penny and Henry Bradley and Patsy Weaver, all of Norwood, and Rosemary and Ronald Forbes, Potsdam; a brother, Michael, Massena, and four grandchildren.

 A sister, Nancy Weaver, died as an infant.

 Donations may be made to the Ravinder N. Agarwal Renal Center at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg.

(Taken from the Wednesday, April 17, 2002 edition of the Watertown Daily Times, page 29).