Bernice D. Whiting Poliski

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<metadataxml><content><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I, Bernice D. Whiting Poliski, was born on a cold winters night, February 15,, 1931 in George and Annie Whiting's house on Cotton Road south of Idaho Falls. &amp;nbsp;Mom and Dad, Delilah and Carl, were living with their parents because they, Carl and Delilah had no money and lived with George and Annie. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;(Family stories about the depression revolved around Dad working all day in a potato cellar for a dollar a day and all the potatoes he could eat.&amp;nbsp; Another story about how there was not sufficient money to buy soap and another story about how it cost more money to ship a load of potatoes than they made on that load.&amp;nbsp; Dad always said that the depression was so bad that he would not wish the depression on his worst enemy.&amp;nbsp; These stories and growing up during the depression with times being very hard may explain why Bernice always worked very hard and put up with a husband who also worked 60 to 80 hours a week.) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;My first memories were when Mom and Dad lived on Old Tauphus Park Road at the old Watchaw House. &amp;nbsp;I had a bedroom that had no insulation and the boards had space between the slats and cold air, come in and I was covered with blankets. &amp;nbsp;In the kitchen area there was a wood stove. &amp;nbsp;That is how they heated the house. &amp;nbsp;At night we had lots of covers to keep warm. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I don't remember my brother Mark who died of drowning in a canal. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;(Side comment- Bernice was about 4 years old when Mark died.&amp;nbsp; She may not have remembered Mark but you know the bonds between young siblings and you know that it broke her heart.&amp;nbsp; )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I do remember going to the hospital with Dad to the Idaho Falls Hospital when brother Richard was born. &amp;nbsp;They were not going to release Mother because Dad could not pay the bill. &amp;nbsp;Dad told the story that he told the hospital staff to go ahead and keep'em both. &amp;nbsp;They made arrangements to pay so much a week and that is what happened. &amp;nbsp;In those days they would keep the mother and newborn for two weeks before they would release them. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We lived on 7th street and then moved to 4th street. &amp;nbsp;Robert was born on 4th street. &amp;nbsp;Then Marv was born on 4th street. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I remember when Robert got in a car and drove it over on Conner's lawn. &amp;nbsp;He was about 4 years old. &amp;nbsp;It was a pretty nice Buick and the car backed out of the drive but we got it stopped before it ran into the apartment house. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I was in Junior High school when Marv was born. I must have been in the 9th grade. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;A year or so later, Dad gave up the trucking business and he took over the farm on Cotton Road. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I went to Idaho Falls High School and graduated in 1949. &amp;nbsp;I was in the band, and played the trumpet. &amp;nbsp;I didn't have a favorite subject, hated it all and could not wait to get out. &amp;nbsp;A biology teacher told Dad that he would not give me a "F" on my report card if I would do better the next 6 weeks. &amp;nbsp;I did better and didn't get the D or F. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"I was the oldest kid in the family and turned out to be the black sheep of the family and proud of it. &amp;nbsp;I always worked hard and I don't know why I was the black sheep. &amp;nbsp;I always was baby sitting, doing house work, etc. &amp;nbsp;I went to work at Hettinger's&amp;nbsp;drug store when I was a senior in high school from 1 pm to 9 pm. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;When I graduated in 1949. &amp;nbsp;That fall I went to a school for western union. &amp;nbsp;They taught me how to be a Western Union teletype operator in Santa Cruz California (the old Silicon Valley). &amp;nbsp;We graduated but no jobs available and I came home. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I used to go with Dad on the coal truck to the Bliind Bull Coal Mine up by Wyoming. &amp;nbsp;Dad trucked coal for several years. &amp;nbsp;At one time he had 3 or 4 trucks. &amp;nbsp;Dad also had a coal yard out on Broadway. &amp;nbsp;He was in business for two or three years. &amp;nbsp;People would come in and need some coal to heat their house. &amp;nbsp;He would let them have the coal on credit and he ended up loosing the business. Even some close friends never paid for their coal. I think that if you borrow something from friends &amp;nbsp;and you don't pay it back you are not much of a friend. &amp;nbsp;You are a piss poor friend. &amp;nbsp;You are a damn shitass. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;(I remember as a little kid Bernice using that term on several unsavory characters and I always pictured the south end of a cow with the runs and I just knew I didn't want to be one of them.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Dad took over the farm of Annie and George. &amp;nbsp;I road the bus for 4 years. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In my senior year I worked at Hettinger's and I stayed with the Winbergs during the week. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We were good friends of the Winbergs and Lenea their daughter. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I worked for Mountain Bell for a couple of years and then I started working out at the Atomic Energy Site west of Idaho Falls. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I met Chance on a street corner waiting for the bus to the site. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;He swept me off my feet. &amp;nbsp;Ha Ha Ha. &amp;nbsp;He called me up and asked me to go on a picnic with his friend and the friends wife. &amp;nbsp;Chance had a Harley Davidson motorcycle. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;(They wore the motorcycle leathers and made many long trips together and had a lot of fun.&amp;nbsp; They were really quite a dashing couple.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The rest is history. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We had three wonderful kids, &amp;nbsp;Michael Conrad, Nicky Cal and Carleen Jo all wonderful kids. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We went to California twice. &amp;nbsp;the first was when Chance quit working at the site and went to work for an insurance company. &amp;nbsp;Then he left the insurance company and went to California. &amp;nbsp;About 6 or 8 months later, &amp;nbsp;he got a call from General Electric and we came back to Idaho Falls. &amp;nbsp;About 6 years later he was laid off and we moved to Mountain Home working on a missile base out there for about 9 months. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Then they closed the plant and turned it over to the Government. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We moved to Granada Hills for 7 years. &amp;nbsp;Chance built houses and I worked at California telephone and water. &amp;nbsp;(California Tinkle and Drip). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Then we moved back to Idaho Falls. &amp;nbsp;We had the Pizza Shop and the sewer business.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We worked hard and the kids helped out in the Pizza Shop.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mike took over the sewer business and Nick opened the body and shop and boat repair shop.&amp;nbsp; Carleen got a job out at the site and has been there ever since.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The kids&amp;nbsp; learned to work early on and have kept it up all of their lives.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernice dedicated her life to her family.&amp;nbsp; She always sought to stay close to her family.&amp;nbsp; She loved her kids and grandkids.&amp;nbsp; Her happiest days were taking the family water skiing and going fishing with Chance and the kids at Blacktail Reservoir. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;She loved her brothers, even me.&amp;nbsp; I remember Bernice giving me baths and taking care of me as a youngster.&amp;nbsp; She helped out our mother Delilah in many ways.&amp;nbsp; She would give me baths and then towel me off and say "Shine, Shine, Shine."&amp;nbsp; She loved little brother and I loved her.&amp;nbsp; She would always give me a kiss when leaving the house.&amp;nbsp; One time she was in a big hurry and simply blew me a kiss and ran out the door.&amp;nbsp; I cried and cried and cried.&amp;nbsp; Later when I was about 4 or 5 she let me tag along when she got a car and I would stand in the backseat mesmerized by her conversation with her girlfriend.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;My sister married a good man, Chance.&amp;nbsp; They were always very kind to siblings and quick to help in whatever need that any of us may have had. &amp;nbsp;After our Dad Carl died Mom had many needs both emotionally and physically.&amp;nbsp; Both Chance and Bernice were quick to respond and show love and concern at every turn.&amp;nbsp; So many times they filled in when I was gone on some crazy adventure.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I think back of a Christmas in which our parents barely had enough money to pay the rent.&amp;nbsp; We lived in the ghetto of Idaho Falls at that time it was called "Happyville".&amp;nbsp; There was no money for gifts but Bernice and Chance were there with plenty of sympathy, a Christmas tree and gifts for all. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernice and Chance were blessed with her first child, Mike.&amp;nbsp; Mike had a huge tumor on his face and all were very concerned that it could be malignant.&amp;nbsp; Bernice loved Mike twice as much and expressed that love to our Mom and Dad.&amp;nbsp; She stood bravely by going through untold number of Doctor Visits and operations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nick was born and blessed the family as the happiest kid ever.&amp;nbsp; As you all know, he continues to be the same cheerful and happy guy to this day.&amp;nbsp; Nick never forgot Bernice and was always calling and visiting her.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Then Carleen was born in Northridge California and of course that Mother Daughter bond could never be broken.&amp;nbsp; Bernice worked full time, kept the house and two little boys and a beautiful baby girl.&amp;nbsp; After 7 years in California, they moved back to Idaho Falls thinking it would be a better place to&amp;nbsp; raise the family.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;They opened Chances Pizza shop and the sewer business.&amp;nbsp; They worked night and day taking care of the businesses.&amp;nbsp; Chances Pizza Shop was one of the most popular places in Idaho Falls.&amp;nbsp; Both Mike and Nick helped out in the business and helped make it the success it turned out to be.&amp;nbsp; The business was later closed and Bernice dedicated herself in helping Chance run the Sewer Service.&amp;nbsp; In my opinion, it was a very taxing business to operate.&amp;nbsp; It was always on a holiday at dinner time or in the middle of the night when someone would call and need immediate help with a backed up sewer.&amp;nbsp; They made it a great business at great personal sacrifice. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernice started working again at the Idaho National Laboratory in Telecommunications where she excelled as a supervisor.&amp;nbsp; After several years there, she realized that Chances health was diminishing and she retired so they could spend their last few years together.&amp;nbsp; She retired from that job in 1990 and on the day of her retirement she got a speeding ticket because she was in such a hurry to go see her granddaughter Nicole be born.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Chance and Bernice loved traveling and spent several years traveling to Yuma Arizona for the winter.&amp;nbsp; They made many friends and enjoyed their time as snowbirds in Arizona.&amp;nbsp; They enjoyed the flea markets, swap meets, and just soaking up the winter sun.&amp;nbsp; Bernice would get home-sick missing the kids and grandkids and insisted on being home by Easter even though it was typically still very cold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Always the good wife, Bernice cared for Chance night and day for several years until his passing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernice and Chance knew trials.&amp;nbsp; I will mention one trial that was so hard.&amp;nbsp; They frequently baby-sat&amp;nbsp; and became very attached to Mike's oldest son, Mark, due to his heart condition.&amp;nbsp; Mark passed away during an operation when he was 3 years old.&amp;nbsp; It was a terrible tragedy everyone loved that little boy.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernice loved gardening.&amp;nbsp; She also loved her dogs Corky and Zoey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernice came down with colon cancer in 2014 and almost died with it.&amp;nbsp; She was such a fighter.&amp;nbsp; She returned home from the hospital and did quite well.&amp;nbsp; Then she fell and broke her hip and fought back and eventually returned home.&amp;nbsp; She enjoyed her children and grand-children's visits.&amp;nbsp; Carleen Nick and Mike were for ever trying to help Bernice as her health deteriorated.&amp;nbsp; Her health deteriorated and she returned to the hospital and then to the rest home.&amp;nbsp; The day she died she was listening to Carleen and granddaughter Janalee tell stories about their dogs.&amp;nbsp; She lastly looked at the picture of Chance she always had with her and peacefully passed away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How&amp;nbsp; noble and great is this wonderful women.&amp;nbsp; She lived without fanfare, glamour or great prestige.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; She did everything possible to better the lives of her parents, siblings, children and grandchildren.&amp;nbsp; She lived a life with honor and respect.&amp;nbsp; Bernice's values have been implanted into the lives of everyone she contacted.&amp;nbsp; Please join me in blessing the memory of this great woman by honoring and respecting her by living a good life and being kind and generous to others.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</line></content></metadataxml>

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Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
Bernice Delilia Whiting
Bernice Whiting
Bernice Whiting
February 15, 1931
93 Idaho Falls, Idaho
4 May 24, 2017
6 86 Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA
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