Birth date: Aug 16, 1929 Death date: May 30, 2020
Elizabeth "Betty" C. Bergin, age 90 of Rehoboth Beach, DE, peacefully passed away at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, May 30, 2020. She was born on August 16, 1929 in Jersey City, NJ, daughter of the late Harold and Eliz Read Obituary
Dear Peter, Bobby, Janice, Lorrie, Harold, Betty Ann and Edward,
I’m so sorry for your tremendous loss. I loved your mom very much and just have a hard time imagining the world without her. So I cannot begin to understand the pain and heartbreak each of you feel.
Your mom was very special to everyone in my family. Bob shared some sweet memories in February of his time working with her at the track. He said that she always made everything easier and all those times were full of laughs. I remember your mom and dad easing Bob’s entry from Navy life and how your mother helped my mom arrange food for Ann and Bob’s wedding at St Hughes reception hall. Any job was never too big or difficult for her and always so many laughs along the way.
“Joey” loved scooping your mom up in the front yard when he breezed into Ridge Road, yelling for “Betty Boop”! Your mom laughing away that crazy time of kids screaming, “mommy, mommy, mommy”! I just loved seeing her never missing a beat and bee bopping with my brother amid the chaos. Again, your mother helped my mom arrange another mini reception when Joe and Nancy got married. She always made the party a party.
I loved seeing my dad dance the cha cha cha with your mom and waiting for it,... actually seeing him smile with pure joy, he found another dance partner!! Only your mom could break through the toughest or crankiness or tensions of any moment and make the room bright and know that each of us had smiles. I loved hearing those laughs and watching the ease of music, dancing and always good times.
I remember how great your mother was with my sister when she was pulled from her little group of friends (Lorrie and Betty Ann) and had to start first grade without Lorri. Your mother knew how profound and difficult this was for Cathy. She always worried about her - keeping a special eye on her.
I remember the laughs and phone calls shared and times our moms had wading through clothes on the lines. Those two ladies would drop anything at anytime for a good belly laugh. Those great gasping out of breath laughs our moms shared at antics in our court. Betty kept my mom more present these last years, sharing such sweet stories and giving me chances to laugh again at all her memories of my mom as well as my whole family.
I will treasure all those sweet times and the more quiet times when your mother lent a loving ear to me during some challenging times. Nothing was too big for your mom and after she listened I always felt she took a part of the worry away so I could breath a bit easier.
She’s left a big hole in my heart but I know these sweet memories make me very grateful that I got to share your mom. If she gave me all these wonderful moments, I know your memories and your stories will help all of you keep her in your hearts.
Keeping all of you in my heart.
Much love,
Marybeth
Loving note from Bob and Ann McNally
Love and miss you always, Mom.
Love Janice
Little did I know how blessed I was to have met Elizabeth (Bettyann) in the 1980s at Mt. St. Mary’s University. I can smell and taste Mr. Bergin’s famous chicken soup as I type and hear and see Mrs. Bergin’s hearty laugh and big smile.
I can hardly count the many wonderful times with the Bergin’s clan - music, dance, and laughter are my memories. Louie Prima, Barry White playing in the background, going to the Railroad Inn was their “Cheers” - everyone who knew Mr. and Mrs. Bergin, loved them, how couldn’t you....each one of their children, good to the bone people, raising their kids, just like their parents had raised them.
I will cherish my memories and forever grateful to have the Bergin’s in my life.
Joanne Chiedi❤️
A limb has fallen from our family tree.
Mom,
Things I feel most deeply are the hardest things to say,
dearest Mom I love you in a very special way.
If I could have one lifetime wish, one dream that could come true,
I’d pray to God with all my heart, for yesterday with you.
The tears I shed today are because I miss you so,
remembering you is easy, it’s just so hard to let you go.
I’ll focus on the entertaining times, abundant as they were,
Your infectious laugh and love of song and dance,
Good times were had by all for sure.
Your enduring spirit, subtle wit, and flawless grace,
Your incredible strength, devotion, and sacrifice in raising seven children, can never be replaced.
A light from my life has gone,
A voice I love is still,
A place is vacant within my heart
Which never can be filled.
I’ll miss you forever, more than words can say,
I treasure all my memories of you, each and every day.
I love you, Mom!
Elizabeth Ann
