Bonham, Alma 1903-2000

BONHAM, BOILEAU, MAIDEN, UCHYTEL, DAY, LEE, DUFF, BRINDLE, HURT

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 9/9/2016 at 14:53:08

The Montezuma (IA) Republican
March 15, 2000

ALMA BONHAM

Alma Bonham, 96, of Montezuma died March 7, 2000 at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.

A graveside service was Sunday, March 12 at Masonic-IOOF Cemetery in Montezuma with the Rev. John Darlington of Grinnell and the Rev. Howard Lord of Montezuma presiding.

Mrs. Bonham was born Aug. 28, 1903 in Marshalltown, the daughter of Charles Alton and Lula M. (Boileau) Maiden. She attended school in Marshalltown and at the age of 13 went to work as a telephone operator and one year later was made a supervisor.

On Feb. 8, 1930, she married William Hoyt Bonham in Montezuma. Mr. Bonham, who moved to Montezuma in 1929, became a partner in Bechly & Company abstractors.

In 1940, Mrs. Bonham went to work at the office and remained very active in the business until just recently.

She loved working and never wanted to stop, however she found time to be involved in many things. She was a member of United Methodist Church, Lafayette Chapter No. 232 O.E.S., DAR, Women's Study Club, the Poweshiek County Historical Society, the Mayflower Society, the Iowa Land Title Association and the American Title and Land Association.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Hoyt on Oct. 8, 1984; a brother, Raymond Maiden and a sister, Jane Uchytel.

She is survived by a nephew, whom the Bonhams raised as a son, Robert Day of Montezuma; two grandsons, Bradley Lee and Eugene Lee; nieces, Sandra Duff of Marshalltown and Sheila B. Brindle of Newton; a nephew, Michael Uchytel; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Bonham Hurt of El Paso, Texas; close friends, Alice Underwood of Montezuma and John and Carolyn Darlington of Grinnell; other relatives and many, many good friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to United Methodist Church of Montezuma.

Watts Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.