The Vancouver Numismatic Society
Over twenty-one years later, at our February 2026 meeting, Berna was honoured as our secretary with a certificate of appreciation signed by many club members. Rob Simms also presented Berna with a club pin for her service. She is one of the longest serving members of the VNS executive. Her voluntary work for the club was on top of her other duties. After graduating from UBC in 1980, Berna was a paralegal. In 2002 she set up Care Home Transition Services to assist seniors and others “downsizing” in their living quarters. Their surplus household and personal items are sorted for recycling or for donation to the needy. Berna is also a part time worker for the Teamsters’ Union. That is the varied career of a very public-spirited person, and we are so grateful that she has helped to maintain the Vancouver Numismatic Society in the past two decades.
Berna Ho Honoured by Peter N. Moogk
In 2004 the Vancouver Numismatic Society had been without a club secretary for a few years. At the Annual General Meeting in November 2004 a young woman volunteered to fill that post. Her uncle Al McCormick had been a member of the VNS, and she had joined the club in September 2003. She was a collector of tokens. That person was Berna (McCormick) Ho. The accompanying photograph was taken at the club’s December Christmas Party in 2004. It shows Berna with Past President Norman Williams.