BONNELL, Frank Sumner 1884 - 1971

BONNELL, PEOPLES, LOCKHART, MOYER, LOGAN

Posted By: Richard K Thompson (email)
Date: 8/2/2011 at 20:53:06

Fairfield Ledger
Friday March 26, 1971
Pgs. 1 & 5

Retired Physician

Dr. BONNELL Dies At 86

Dr. F. S. BONNELL (sic. Frank Sumner BONNELL), 86, retired Fairfield physician and a resident of the Fairfield community for over 55 years, died at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Jefferson County Hospital.

He had been in critical condition since suffering a stroke in his apartment at 55½ E. Broadway. When friends failed to see him on his general rounds Mar. 11, officers were notified and forceful entry was made to his apartment. Dr. BONNELL was found in a semi-conscious condition on the kitchen floor.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Weston Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. Wilson Hyde officiating. Private interment will be Monday in Evergreen Cemetery.

Dr. BONNELL was a member of the United Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, B.P.O. Elks and Shrine.

Dr. BONNELL served the community as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist for 35 years before his retirement from regular practice in 1950.

He was proud of his record of 2,150 tonsillectomies during his career. He said at one time he never lost a patient or signed a death certificate during his entire period as a practicing doctor.

In addition to carrying out his practice, Dr. BONNELL was heavily involved in real estate and owned a number of commercial buildings during his lifetime.

Moving to Fort Madison when a small child, he received his early education in that community and graduated from high school there.

He has had training in many fields in addition to medicine. He was still a card-carrying member of the International Association of Machinists at the time of his passing.

After working in railroad shops at Fort Madison, he embarked on his studies in medicine. He received a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Philadelphia, and later a degree in Pharmacy.

Continuing his education, he received his M.D. degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1913. He completed his specialty training at Washington University in St. Louis in 1915 and came to open his office in Fairfield. He had been a resident here ever since.

His first building venture was construction of the apartment building in 1922 at the corner of N. Main and Hempstead, now owned by Fred Turner.

He built what is now the Fairfield Hotel at 115 N. Main and sold it in 1950. At one time he owned the building on the southwest corner of the square which was sold in August, 1970; and purchased the building he still owned at the time of his death on the north side of the square in 1926.

Dr. BONNELL was born Dec. 2, 1884, at Larned, Kan., the son of Frank and Ella PEOPLES BONNELL. He was married to Edith LOCKHART July 7, 1913, who passed away Sept. 12, 1957.

Dr. BONNELL is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert M. MOYER, Fairfax, Va.; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mazie LOGAN, Mount Pleasant; and a brother, Carl BONNELL, Bradenton, Fla.

In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by one son, a brother and a sister.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Wednesday, April 7, 1971
Page 6, Column 9

NOITCE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In The District Court Of The State Of Iowa In And For Jefferson County

In The Matter of The Estate of Frank S. BONNELL, Deceased.

To All Persons Interested In The Estate of Frank S. BONNELL Deceased:

You are hereby notified that on the 29th day of March, 1971, the undersigned was appointed administrator of said estate. Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against said estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed within six months from the second publication of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) such claims shall thereafter be forever barred.

Dated this 31st day of March, 1971.

Ruth B. MOYER
Administrator of said Estate
3309 Prosperity Ave.
Fairfax, Va. 22030

Dillon S. Turney
Attorney for said Administrator
First National Bank Bldg.
Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Date of second publication
7th day of April, 1971
March 31 & April 7

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Notes by Richard K Thompson --

Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. 3rd.003.

Note: When his son, Robert, died in a vehicle accident in 1928 at the age of 11 years, Dr. BONNELL's professional colleagues paid their respects by having all six pallbearers be doctors: Dr. J. S. Gaumer, Dr. Charles Ricksher, Dr. C. C. Tallman, Dr. Chester Fordyce, Dr. I. N. Crow, and Dr. Lora D. James.

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