Lasting Memories

Bernice Duran
Dec. 31, 1922-Aug. 23, 2018
Mountain View, California

Bernice Elizabeth Duran, 95, died on August 23, 2018 surrounded by family. Born to William and Helen Beard in Vallejo on the last day of 1922; raised in Grass Valley, Knights Landing and Woodland, and graduated from Woodland High School in 1942. She became a longtime resident of Mountain View after marrying Sam Duran in 1952. Bernice was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View, double cancer survivor, 65+ year member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars with over 1,000 hours of volunteer service and served as a Wave during WWII. She loved her family, gardening, beachcombing, outdoors, and backpacking as well as being talented and creative sewing, crafts, cooking, etc. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Barton of San Diego, her two sons Gary (Sherri) of Fresno and David of Mountain View and three grandchildren Andrea, Steven, and Rachel. Please send a donation to the Palo Alto Fisher House in lieu of flowers.