Anita Lorraine Bonar
Born: September 25th, 1930
Died: October 19th, 2005
Obituary
Anita Lorraine Bonar, age 75, of Tipton, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born on September 25, 1930 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of Lorraine and Anna Margaret McKasson Rutherford.
In July of 1947 and again in April of 1978, she married Ervin Carl Bonar, who preceded her in death on July 4, 1995.
Mrs. Bonar graduated from New London High School in Iowa. She worked in a variety of jobs around Fairfield and Muscatine, Iowa. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Fairfield, Iowa and Eastern Star in the Fairfield area. In her younger years she enjoyed doing ceramics, crocheting flower gardening, and spending time with her family.
She is survived by two sons, Ronald Carl and his wife Melody of Versailles and Gary Lorraine and his wife Ruth of Birmingham, Iowa; six grandchildren, Sara Quinn and her husband Michael of Davenport, Iowa, Megan Welch and her husband Douglas of Jefferson City, Ryan Bonar and his wife Joni of Fairfield, Iowa Daniel Bonar and his wife, Amy of Murray, Kentucky, Alex Bonar of Fairfield, Iowa, and Robin Bonar of Versailles; four great-grandchildren Thomas Welch of Jefferson City, Abigail and Kyle Quinn of Davenport, Iowa, Lily Grace Bonar of Murray, Kentucky, and one more on the way; two brothers Kenneth Rutherford and his wife Dolly of Canton, Missouri, David Rutherford and his wife Marilyn of West Des Moines, Iowa; four sisters Theda Kay Grinnell of Las Vegas, Nevada, Zelda Jackson and her husband Merlin of Fillmore, Utah, Marcia Moreland and her husband Cecil of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Carol Lynn Taulker of Las Vegas, Nevada; one brother-in-law Earl Bonar of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; one sister-in-law Lucille Bonar of Yarmouth, Iowa, many nieces and nephews; an aunt, Lucille McKasson in Winfield, Iowa, an uncle, Jake McKasson and his wife Doris of Bella Vista, Arkansas, and many friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, son Alan Lee Bonar, parents, sister Burrietta, brothers, DeWayne, Wendel, and Jerry.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 A.M. Monday, October 24, 2005 at Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington, Iowa with Pastor Michael Metz officiating. For sympathy e-mails visit www.kidwellgarber.com. Memorial contributions are suggested to the donor's choice. Arrangements are under the direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.