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Bonnie Kahananui, Miss Bon Bon, with one of the dolls donated by the family of a former nurse at Brookdale Hearthstone Moses Lake. Delphi Bifano was a dedicated doll collector.

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An absolute doll
October 10, 2022 1:25 a.m.

An absolute doll

Late Moses Lake nurse recognized for generosity after collection donated

MOSES LAKE — Delphie Bifano was always busy, always working on a project, always adding to her collections and always on the go. “She just couldn’t sit still,” said her daughter Beth Smith. Bifano, who died in May 2021, was a nurse as well as a ranch wife and mother of eight and spent many years working at Brookdale Hearthstone Moses Lake. “She loved it up here,” her daughter Sylvia Carlson said. “She loved it. She was involved; she’d come to do activities. She’d bring her dolls. She had this ‘Mother’s Love’ series, and I remember, she’d bring it up and display it for Mother’s Day. At Christmas, she’d bring up some of her Santas.” “She loved to share her dolls,” Smith said...