Claudia Voight Bonnicksen, 1917-2005

BONNICKSEN, VOIGHT

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/24/2009 at 19:50:29

Claudia Elizabeth Voigt, the daughter of Charles C. and Kate E. (Oliver) Voigt, was born September 17, 1917 at Tuttle, Oklahoma. She departed this life on Monday, August 22, 2005 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 87 years, 11 months and 5 days.

She moved with her family to the Fenton area and graduated from Fenton High School.

On July 3, 1936, she was united in marriage to Chalmer E. Bonnicksen in Fairmont, Minnesota and the couple made their home in Ringsted. She worked as a linotype operator for the local newspaper for several years. While Chalmer was in the Army during World War II, Claudia worked for Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California from 1941 - 1945. The couple returned to Ringsted after the war and Claudia worked at the Ringsted Post Office for 17 years as a postal clerk. After Chalmer's death, she moved to Denver, Colorado where she worked for the National Jewish Hospital for four years. She then returned to Estherville where she worked as a nurse's aid and then at the Gardston Hotel as the night auditor and desk clerk until her retirement in 1981. In her leisure time Claudia enjoyed bowling when she was younger.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary and RSVP.

Claudia is survived by two sisters and three brothers: Blanche Hutchinson of Lamberton, Minnesota; Vivian Widdel of Rochester, Minnesota; Kenneth Voigt and his wife, Eunice of Fairmont, Minnesota; Paul Voigt and his wife, Lorena of Algona, Iowa; Ralph Voigt and his wife, Arlene of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Preceding Claudia in death were her husband; parents; one sister and three brothers.