BONNETT, Lester Eugene 1911 - 1967

BONNETT, JONES, FLINSPACH, MCCRACKEN, REED

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, April 7, 1967
Front Page, Column 1

Autopsy In Death Ordered

The Jefferson County medical examiner today ordered an autopsy in the death of Lester E. BONNETT, Jefferson County farmer who lost his life when he apparently fell Thursday evening from a machine shed he was building on his farm.

Mrs. BONNETT found her husband's body near the shed about 6 p.m. She had called to him to come to the house for the evening meal but got no response.

It is now known if he suffered a heart attack before the fall, or if death was caused by the fall.

The BONNETT farm is located about three miles northeast of Fairfield on the Salina road.

Last rites will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Lutheran Church with the Rev. Hoyt Whitebread officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

The body is at the Weston Behner Funeral Home.

Lester E. BONNETT, 55, was born Oct. 5, 1911, in the Pleasant Plain Community, the son of Edgar and Mae JONES BONNETT. He was married to Mildred E. FLINSPACH on Oct. 17, 1937. He had been a farmer and carpenter all of his life.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Roy E. BONNETT, Pontiac, Mich.; one daughter, Doris BONNETT, student at Iowa State University at Ames; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar BONNETT, route 2, Batavia.

He is also survivied (sic) by two brothers, Merwyn BONNETT, Oskaloosa, and Wilbur BONNETT, Batavia; and two sisters, Mrs. Marjorie McCRACKEN, Fairfield, and Mrs. Lurena REED, Fairfield.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Friday, April 14, 1967
Page 5, Column 6

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, 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 Lester E. BONNETT, Deceased.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF Lester E. BONNETT, Deceased:

You are hereby notified that on the 12th day of April, the last will and testament of Lester E. BONNETT deceased bearing date of the 14th day of May, 1964, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Mildred E. BONNETT was appointed executor of said estate.

Notice is further given that any action to set aside said will must be brought in the district court of said county within one year from the date of the second publication of his notice, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further 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 by law, duly authenticated, for allowance; and unless so filed within six months from the second publication of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) such claim shall thereafter be forever barred.

Dated this 12th day of April, 1967.

Mildred E. BONNETT
Executor of said Estate
R.R. No. 2, Fairfield, Iowa.

Simmons, Simmons & Simpson,
Attorneys for said Executor
103½ E. Broadway,
Fairfield, Iowa.
Date of second publication
21st day of April, 1967.
April 14 & 21.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA, in Lot 4th.076. Wife Mildred died in 2005 and is buried with him.