Tuesday, August 22, 2017
To the Leonard and Vollkommer families:
In Honor and Memory of Bernard A. Vollkommer,
On behalf of my sister Joan and I, we offer our deepest condolences to the Leonard and Vollkommer families and send all our love.
Our beloved Uncle Bernie was a wonderfully good man, brave and humble, and devoted to our Blessed Mother. He had grace and dignity and always offered us his wise counsel. He was extremely generous and would give you the shirt off his back. Some of my fondest memories of Uncle Bernie was when I was seven years old he would pick me up at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday mornings in the spring after my father, his beloved brother George, passed away too early in life, and practiced baseball with me, letting me pitch to him for hours at the baseball fields in Rockville Centre. We shared a lifetime love of baseball and years later I would visit with him and watch the Mets with him as they chased the pennant in September. I remember Uncle Bernie taking Joannie and I to the circus as kids with great excitement and wonder. He always had a kind word of encouragement for us no matter the circumstances in life. He put all his faith in the Lord and said that God would take care of him. He had such great faith!
Uncle Bernie was also a great American patriot serving his country in WWII as a radio operator in the U.S Army Air Corps. His was the lone survivor of his crew's plane crash on the island of Saipan in the Pacific theater in WWII. He was truly brave and faithful throughout his life. He is my hero. He is now united in Heaven with our Mom and Dad,, and Aunt Margie and Uncle Peter, and Michael. May God Bless Uncle Bernie and eternally reward him for his faithfulness. He will always be in our hearts forever.
- With much love, Joan and William F. Vollkommer
