co-founder of Lincoln Funeral Home, Lincoln, Rhode Island, died June 29, 2011, at age 87. Bedard was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and graduated in 1951 from Boston School of Anatomy (now New England Institute at Mt. Ida College). He was licensed in 1954 and was a member of the Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association and NFDA.

He is survived by daughters Beverly and Paulette, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.