by Sharon Seanor
Mary Jane Bernier Chester died April 17, 2018.
She was my mentor, my best friend, my roommate, and my boss. There are few people that can be all those things at the same time, but that’s who she was. She was also a wife to Michael Chester. Their love story was one for the ages.
Her life in harness racing began with being a parade marshal at Hinsdale, and ended with being a program director at many tracks including Foxboro Raceway and Pompano Park. Later in life she was a realtor. She excelled at everything.
Her husband of 33 years is, needless to say, devastated. Everyone who knew her lost a piece of themselves that day.