GBN Holds Memorial Service For Longtime Staffer “Bernie”
Werner 'Bernie' Bernhard, whose daughters were charged with criminal neglect in connection with his death last July, was one of the first staff members at Glenbrook North. The school will hold a memorial service for him on May 17.
Nearly a year after a longtime Glenbrook North staff member passed away in what may have been a case of criminal neglect, the school is holding a memorial service in his honor. On May 17, members of the school community will gather to honor the life of former Glenbrook North administrator Werner “Bernie” Bernhard. The Northbrook resident passed away at 83 last July, four months after emergency responders found him in critical condition on the floor of his daughter’s home. He had apparently been lying on the ground, severely dehydrated and emaciated, for at least a week when police were called to the scene in March 2011. His daughters, Sarah and Lisa Bernhard, were both charged with criminal neglect of an elderly person, which is a …
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Jack Steen
1:49 pm on Monday, July 25, 2011
I can't imagine that these two women will be coming up with any kind of story at all - it is fairly evident what happened here...the social security payments the old man got would have gone to a nursing facility along with whatever paltry cash the sisters managed to save while leeching off their parents, and they didn't want THAT to interfere with their lifestyles, whatever twisted nonsense THEY … more ›