Long time Hollister resident Bernice M. Lanini passed away at her Ridgemark Residence on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010, at the age of 93 years. Bernice was a native of Redwood City, and moved to Hollister as a child with her parents Attilio and Venuta Guerra. She was a graduate of San Benito High School. Bernice was a homemaker most of her life; a member of Sacred Heart Parish; belonged to The Swiss Club and enjoyed attending their functions in Greenfield. “Working in her garden was her number one activity”, said her daughters; in addition to the time she spent with her grandchildren, helping others who need assistance, traveling throughout Europe and Alaska, baking cookies in her spare time, and attending the cooking classes at the former Dorothy McNetts’s.
Bernice was the spouse of the late Everest Lanini who passed away August 16, 1984. Her survivors include her daughters Diane Collins (late Bob) of Hollister and Gloria Eller (Jim) of Carmichael, CA; grandchildren Michael Casillas of Hollister, Maureen McCoy (John) of Sausalito, Holly Prentice (William) of Pasadena, Heather Lyman (Marc) of Steamboat Springs, CO; and Heidi Olander (Eric) of Forest Lake, CA; great grandchildren Michael, Melissa & Tyler Casillas; Jake and Carson Olander; Max Lyman, Gianna and Aubrey Prentice, and nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Friends are invited to a Mass of The Resurrection and a celebration of Bernice’s life at the Immaculate Conception Church 7290 Airline Hwy, Tres Pinos, on Sunday, June 20th, 2010, at 4:30 P.M. A gathering will follow.
Donations are preferred to the Heartland Hospice or the San Benito Co. YMCA c/o Grunnagle Ament Nelson Funeral Home 870 San Benito St., Hollister.
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