Today our dearest mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother went to be with our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. Bernice came to Grays Harbor from Casper, Wyoming in May of 1965 and lived in Aberdeen, Neilton and Montesano with her husband and children. She loved bowling, sewing, crocheting, cooking, and her friends, but most of all, she loved her family. She was preceded in death by her husband “Jack” Hamilton, her brother Ronald Hoke, nephew Timothy Pruitt, and her parents, father Adolf Hoke and mother and step-father, Mildred and Harrison “Tee” Pruitt. She is survived by her three children, daughter Kathleen and husband Phillip Bennett of Hurt, Virginia, son John and wife Gwen Hamilton of Wishkah Valley, and son David Hamilton of Montesano, Washington. Bernice had six grandchildren, Carly, Jonathan, Rachel, Lisa, Megan and Amy, and eight great-grandchildren, Izabel Harris, Cole and Conner Christenson, Logan and Landon Hamilton, Lathan and Landon Stone, and Olivia Bennett. She is also survived by a brother, Gary Pruitt and his wife Patty, and sister, Cynthia Myers of Casper, Wyoming. Nephews Chris and Jason Pruitt, Gary Myers of South Dakota and niece Milan Case of Casper, Wyoming.




A special thanks to Angie Rau for all the many tireless hours she devoted to Bernice at home and at the nursing home in her final days.




Bernice will be greatly missed by all who knew her and we are truly blessed to have had the privilege to have her as our mother. Per our mother’s wishes, there will be no funeral services.




The children of Bernice “Bernie” Hamilton



Cremation arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home, Aberdeen, WA.