BONNETT, Raymond Oliver 1914-1993

BONNETT, HUDSON, FERREL, LAURITSEN, PATTON, CARMICHAEL, FRY

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Date: 11/22/2011 at 15:02:36

Fairfield Ledger
Thursday, 30 December 1993

Raymond BONNETT

The service for Raymond Oliver BONNETT, 79, of Route 2, who died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church with the Rev. John Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Fell Cemetery at Libertyville. Family visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Raymond Funeral Home. Memorials have been established to First Lutheran Church and the Iowa Hawkeye Horseshoe Pitching Association.

BONNETT was born Feb. 11, 1914 in Jefferson County, the son of Edward and Ora Mae HUDSON BONNETT. He married Elaine L. FERREL on Nov. 24, 1937, at Memphis, Mo. He lived and farmed in Jefferson County most of his life, was a member of the First Lutheran Church, the Cattleman's Association, Farm Bureau, and past member of the Iowa Hawkeye Horseshoe Pitching Association. He was retired from Rockwell International.

Surviving are his wife; four children, Gary of Palm City, Fla., Judy LAURITSEN, Terry and Janine PATTON, all of Fairfield; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Russell of Libertyville; two sisters, Birdie BONNETT of Libertyville, Myrtle CARMICHAEL of Fairfield; many nieces and nephews. A grandson; a great-grandson; four brothers, John, Carl, Glen and Edward; and a sister, Ercel FRY, preceded him in death.

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