David Ralph Bernhardt's Obituary
David Ralph Bernhardt passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2007.
Beloved father of Lisa B. Hughes, Kent Bernhardt and Alex Bernhardt; grandfather of, Melissa Strawn, Amy Nelmes, Kevin Bernhardt, Katelin Hughes and Haley Hughes; and brother of Arthur Bernhardt. He was preceded in death by his parents, Irma Pusch Bernhardt and Arthur Bernhardt, and by his brothers Bob and Don Bernhardt.
Aged 74 years, a native of Buffalo, New York and recently a resident of Covington, LA., he was a retired pulp & paper chemical engineer and a United States Army veteran. An avid sailor, philosopher, and self-described “globetrotting adventurer,” his life and career took him all over the U.S., and he lived abroad in Brazil, Malaysia, and Ireland for over a decade in total. His keen intellect, dry wit, and spirited personality will be sorely missed by his family and friends.
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