Elinor Kuehl Piper Bonk, 1917-1999

BONK, KUEHL, JONES, PIPER, COLE

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 12/7/2012 at 13:03:57

Elinor Liberty Bonk
July 4, 1917-July 25, 1999

Elinor Bonk, 82, Everly, died Sunday, July 25, 1999 at the Community Memorial Health Center of Hartley.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 28 at the United Methodist Church, Everly with Rev. Shurmaine McAlphine.

Burial will be held at the Lone Tree Cemetery, Everly with Warner Funeral Home of Spencer.

Elinor Liberty Bonk, the daughter of George and Ruth (Jones) Kuehl, was born July , 1917 in Harlan. Her family then moved to Everly where she spent her childhood years and received her education. In 1935, she received her teaching certificate from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake.

Elinor married Dale E. Piper on March 17, 1947 in Hartley. Following their marriage, they farmed in the Greenfield area. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Tarkio College in Tarkio, Missouri on May 19, 1958 and she began teaching in the Waterloo Public School System and continued for 22 years until her retirement in 1980. Throughout the years, she was an active member of the Grace United Methodist Church as a Sunday School teacher and was active in many women;s organizations in Evansdale. She was also a member of TOPS in Evansdale. Her husband passed away on May 7, 1972.

Elinor married Donald D. Bonk on September 30, 1983 in Waterloo. Following their marriage they continued to live in Waterloo. Donald passed away on January 27, 1987. In 1992, Elinor moved to Hartley.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, one brother and one sister.

Mrs. Bonk is survived by two brothers; Carl Kuehl and his wife, Katherine, of Everly; Henry Kuehl of Petoskey, Michigan; and one sister, Ether Cole

Spencer Daily Reporter
7/28/1999

Interment in Lone Tree cemetery
 

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