Obit of Dauphin, Bernice - Carter County, Oklahoma

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Dauphin, Bernice    

Bernice Dauphin Dec. 14, 1914 - Aug. 14, 2007 Bernice Grumbles was 
born December 14, 1914, in a small town, in southern Oklahoma, 
Healdton, Oklahoma. Country living as one of eight children proved to 
be adventurous and educational. I think we could accurately call 
Mom's life a survival story. She dropped out of elementary school in 
order to milk cows, feed chickens and even plow the ground with the 
family's horse. Bernice started helping the family make a living 
after her father left. She was about 16 when she became a waitress at 
the Oasis restaurant in Ardmore. In her early 20's she met and 
married a young man from east Texas, Jack Dauphin. Their marriage 
lasted for 63 years until Jack passed away in 2000. After getting 
married, the Dauphins lived in Illinois, Texas, New Mexico, 
Mississippi, and Saskatchewan, Canada before settling in Shafter, 
California for more than 40 years. During those early years Bernice 
was a dressmaker extraordinaire. She worked running cafes, baking 
pies to sell, picking cotton, and more, with a great determination to 
help the family. The many moves, raising three children, and the hard 
work were all factors in Bernice's story of survival. Through the 
trials that life can bring Bernice had trusted in Jesus Christ and 
living a life pleasing to God had become her focus. She enjoyed 
studying the Bible, writing Christian songs, playing the piano and 
painting landscapes and seascapes. She also loved fishing and became 
an earnest golfer in her late fifties. Bernice loved her family that 
had increased to ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. 
She is survived by daughter, Jane Kastner and her husband, Clarence 
of Bakersfield; son, Bill Dauphin and his wife, Sally of Scotts 
Valley; and son, George Dauphin and his wife, Sheila of Citrus 
Heights, Florida. She is also survived by three sisters, Velma 
Wilson, Francis Lynd, and Esther Stallings; and numerous nieces and 
nephews. We would like to thank Holly Love and the staff at Glenwood 
Gardens for the great care given over these last few years as well as 
the recent Hoffmann Hospice caregivers, Betty and Colleen. Donations 
preferred to Bakersfield Rescue Mission, P. O. Box 2222, Bakersfield, 
CA 93303. A graveside service will be held Saturday, August 18th, 
9:00 a.m., at Greenlawn Memorial Park (River Blvd.)

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 8/17/2007.

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