Bernard J. Brennan

Bernard J. Brennan died peacefully at his home on Thursday, November 28, 2013, in Easton, MD. He was 87. Bernard J. Brennan (BJ) was born in Bay City, MI, on October 29, 1926, the second of five children of Aldea Rabidoux and Thomas Patrick Brennan. BJ served in the Air Force in World War II, and after graduating from Michigan State, operated ski shops in Northern Michigan. He began his career in the plastics industry with the Dow Chemical Company in New York City in 1952 and ended it as President of Liberty Polyglass, an ex-Westinghouse subsidiary, in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1992. In 1955, BJ married Barbara Antoinette Ballin of Darien, CT, and they lived in New York City. Moving to Mt. Lakes, NJ, they were active in St. Catherine’s Parish and the building and operation of the Barn Theater, Montville, home of the Mountain Lakes Dramatic Guild and one of the oldest amateur theater groups in New Jersey. They summered at the Jersey Shore on Long Beach Island and owned a house in Barnegat Light since 1973. Their travels included Europe and South Africa. Barbara died in 1996. BJ loved to tour and visit family and friends from Vermont and Michigan to Southern Florida. In 2001, he married Anne Littleton Felt of Middleburg, VA,and Darien, Connecticut and they moved to Easton, Maryland. In Maryland Anne was active in Easton Hospice and he was active in the Talbot County Library and St. Peters and Paul Church Parish, attending daily mass and assisting in financial matters. He was a Knight of Columbus since 1945. Mr. Brennan is survived by his wife, Anne; a sister, Agnes Reder, of Bay City, MI; a sister-in-law, JoAnn Brennan, of Essexville, MI; four sons, Michael of Baltimore, MD, Mark and David both of Asheboro, NC, and Steven of Alpharetta, GA; a daughter, Kathryn Clinton of Colorado Springs, CO; and fourteen grandchildren. BJ was predeceased by his brothers and several of their spouses, Thomas and Shirley Brennan, James and Winnifred Brennan, William Brennan, and his brother-in-law, Anthony Reder. A memorial mass will be said at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 1210 S. Washington St., in Easton, MD, on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 10:30 am. Interment will be private at Kensico Cemetery, (Kensico) Valhalla, New York. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, Maryland 21601.

Bernard J. Brennan

October 29, 1926 - November 28, 2013