Bernardine Yost

Bernardine Anderson Yost, 94, of Plano, Texas, passed away on June 19, 2025. She was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on March 23, 1931, graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School, and received an AB degree from College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania. She married Alan Edward Yost on August 29, 1953.

Bernardine was a homemaker, a teacher, and a counselor. She held teaching positions at Quakertown and Pennridge High Schools. She managed and coordinated volunteer counselors at Northampton County Prison, and in her retirement years, she taught English literacy to US immigrants. Bernardine spent the years raising her five children in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, where she was an active member of Saint Isadore's Parish.

Bernardine was a talented cook and an enthusiastic hostess. She enjoyed hosting dinner parties for friends and family. There was always laughter, stimulating conversation, and excellent food at these events. She enjoyed playing backgammon and was always up for a game of cards. But, if she had one passion in life, it was books - from the time she was a child, she loved to escape into a good story.

Bernardine and Alan relocated to Center Valley in retirement. After Alan's death, Bernardine moved to Mount Laurel, NJ, where she developed many close friendships and decided to take up knitting. Later, as her health and mobility declined, the family moved her to Texas, where two of her daughters lived.

Bernardine's passing was preceded by the deaths of her husband, Alan Yost; brother and sister-in-law, John and Elizabeth Anderson; son, Thomas Yost; daughter, Kristin Rose (husband Irwin); and son-in-law, Michael Horrocks.

Bernardine is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Augustine Concilio, her daughters, Mary Ellen Meza (husband, Peter), Julie Kudyba (husband, Peter), Miriam Horrocks Isenberg (husband, Paul), son-in-law, Irwin Rose, and her grandchildren, Alexis Graham (husband, Keith), Jacklyn Haefner (husband, Michael), Peter Kudyba and his wife Katy, Patrick Kudyba and his wife Rebecca, Danielle Hurlburt (Husband Stuart), Ryan Rose, Christa Smith (Husband, Adam), Michael Horrocks, Christopher Isenberg, Gabrielle Isenberg and her great- grandchildren, John Cote, Nathan and Claire Graham, Lily Kudyba, Michael and Jackson Hurlburt, Cooper and Harrison Smith.

Visitation and eulogy will take place at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, located at 4101 Old Bethlehem Pike, Bethlehem, PA 18015, on July 16 at 10:00 AM. The funeral mass will follow at 11:00 AM. Committal immediately afterwards at Holy Savior Cemetery, 2575 Linden St, Bethlehem, PA 18017

Donations to Bringing Hope Home are appreciated: https://bringinghopehome.org.