Mary Bernardine Kane, daughter of Patrick Henry and Mary [Maloney] Kane of Waseca Co., Minnesota was born in Butte, Montana. The family continued west to San Francisco when Bernardine was very young. The great earthquake and fire of San Francisco hit in 1906, while they were there. Bernardine remembered scary nights in make-shift tent cities in San Francisco cemeteries during that time. In 1918, her mother succumbed to the Spanish Influenza in San Francisco. Shortly after her death, the family moved to Portland, Oregon where Bernardine met and married John T. (Jack) Driscoll, a young district attorney for the county of Multnomah. They had two sons before moving to Los Angeles in 1923. A third son was born in 1926. Two years later, she was left a widow when Jack succumbed to bacterial endocarditis, an infection which today is easily cured with antibiotics. The stock market crashed the following year and Bernardine took in laundry to make ends meet. In the summer of 1936, she married Thomas Edward (Tommy) Adams, whom her sons greatly loved. In 1945, her middle son, Richard Kane Driscoll tragically died in a car accident while attending Stanford University. Three years later, Tommy died. She remained a widow until her death in 1972. During those later years she enjoyed many friendships and her family.
Obituary: "ADAMS - Mrs. Bernardine Kane Adams. Beloved mother of John T. and Robert W. Driscoll; loving sister of Dolores Colter; loving grandmother of Richard Kane II, John Timothy Jr., Anne Elizabeth, Dennis Alan, Laurie, Douglas, Linda and Thomas Adams Driscoll. Rosary, 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, and Funeral Mass, 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, both at Holy Family Church, South Pasadena. Cabot & Sons, directors." --Pasadena Star News, April 25, 1972.
Obituary: "ADAMS - Mrs. Bernardine Kane Adams. Beloved mother of John T. and Robert W. Driscoll; loving sister of Dolores Colter; loving grandmother of Richard Kane II, John Timothy Jr., Anne Elizabeth, Dennis Alan, Laurie, Douglas, Linda and Thomas Adams Driscoll. Rosary, 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, and Funeral Mass, 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, both at Holy Family Church, South Pasadena. Cabot & Sons, directors." --Pasadena Star News, April 25, 1972.
Mary Bernardine Kane, daughter of Patrick Henry and Mary [Maloney] Kane of Waseca Co., Minnesota was born in Butte, Montana. The family continued west to San Francisco when Bernardine was very young. The great earthquake and fire of San Francisco hit in 1906, while they were there. Bernardine remembered scary nights in make-shift tent cities in San Francisco cemeteries during that time. In 1918, her mother succumbed to the Spanish Influenza in San Francisco. Shortly after her death, the family moved to Portland, Oregon where Bernardine met and married John T. (Jack) Driscoll, a young district attorney for the county of Multnomah. They had two sons before moving to Los Angeles in 1923. A third son was born in 1926. Two years later, she was left a widow when Jack succumbed to bacterial endocarditis, an infection which today is easily cured with antibiotics. The stock market crashed the following year and Bernardine took in laundry to make ends meet. In the summer of 1936, she married Thomas Edward (Tommy) Adams, whom her sons greatly loved. In 1945, her middle son, Richard Kane Driscoll tragically died in a car accident while attending Stanford University. Three years later, Tommy died. She remained a widow until her death in 1972. During those later years she enjoyed many friendships and her family.
Obituary: "ADAMS - Mrs. Bernardine Kane Adams. Beloved mother of John T. and Robert W. Driscoll; loving sister of Dolores Colter; loving grandmother of Richard Kane II, John Timothy Jr., Anne Elizabeth, Dennis Alan, Laurie, Douglas, Linda and Thomas Adams Driscoll. Rosary, 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, and Funeral Mass, 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, both at Holy Family Church, South Pasadena. Cabot & Sons, directors." --Pasadena Star News, April 25, 1972.
Obituary: "ADAMS - Mrs. Bernardine Kane Adams. Beloved mother of John T. and Robert W. Driscoll; loving sister of Dolores Colter; loving grandmother of Richard Kane II, John Timothy Jr., Anne Elizabeth, Dennis Alan, Laurie, Douglas, Linda and Thomas Adams Driscoll. Rosary, 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, and Funeral Mass, 9:00 A.M. Wednesday, both at Holy Family Church, South Pasadena. Cabot & Sons, directors." --Pasadena Star News, April 25, 1972.
