Bernice McCauley died Oct. 15, 2013, in Bonney Lake, following a 10-month battle with leukemia.

She was born Aug. 11, 1922, in Wilkeson to Paul and Dora Barrett. She attended grade school at Wilkeson Elemen-tary and graduated from Buckley High School in 1940. In 1942 she married Harry McCauley of Buckley. After 35 years they divorced. She worked as a grocery clerk at Barrett’s, the family store, in Wilkeson and also at Madden’s Grocery in Buckley. In 1982 she retired and married Bob McCauley. They were married for 18 years. She was an excellent homemaker, loving wife and mother. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, dancing and accompanying her husband in his classic car hobby. They also loved to walk and could often be seen walking around Buckley. After the death of her husband she moved to a new home on her daughter’s property.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, husband Bob, sisters Irma, Maxine, and Marilyn and their husbands, and niece Darlene and her husband.

She is survived by daughters Sharon Clevenger and husband Darrayl and Kathy Stamey and husband Tom; sons Gary McCauley and wife Sandy and Jim McCauley and wife Johanna; and numerous other relatives.

A memorial service will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at St. Barbara Catholic Church, 32416 6th Ave. in Black Diamond.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Franciscan Foundation, Franciscan Hospice and Palliative Care, P.O. Box 1502, Tacoma, 98401, or www.foundation.fhs.