St. Bernard's Deacon Passes Away;
Bishop to Con-Celebrate Funeral Mass
Deacon Gerald J. Beeman, 74, of 110 Jackson Ave., passed away, Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Bradford Regional Medical Center. Born October 5, 1939, in Bradford, he was a son of the late James Jay and Florence M. (Cormey) Beeman. On August 12, 1961 in St. Bernard Church he married Kathleen O. (Loughlin) Beeman, who died on September 12, 2004. Mr. Beeman was a 1957 graduate of St. Bernard High School. In September of 1957 he enlisted in the United States Army and was trained as a Combat Medical Corpsman. After three years of service he was selected for a lengthy training program conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency and the US Army, preparing him to become Counterintelligence Special Operations Officer targeted against the intelligence services of the Soviet Union and its allies. He served operational tours of duty in Connecticut, Paris, France, two tours in the Republic of Vietnam, Washington D.C. Oslo, Norway, Berlin, Germany and retired from active duty as a Major, at...
