Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bonn, Anita "Shirley" June 22, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, June 24, 2005
     Anita “Shirley” Bonn, 83, a lifelong resident of The Dalles, died of 
natural causes at a local care facility on Wednesday, June 22, 2005.
     She was born to Franklin Samuel and Opal (Fox) Creighton July 8, 1921 in 
The Dalles, the older of two children. 
     She was raised and attended schools in The Dalles, graduating from The 
Dalles High School in 1939. 
     After high school, she worked at an accounting firm. She married Frank 
Joseph Bonn on June 19, 1948 in The Dalles and became a homemaker.
     Her sense of civic responsibility caused her to be quite active in the 
community. 
     She was a founding charter member of the Celilo Chapter of the Daughters 
of the American Revolution (DAR) and served as the Chapter Regent from 1980 to 
1984. 
     She volunteered her services to the Wasco County Pioneers Association by 
running one of the tables at the annual gathering each May for many years. 
She was proud of her family’s long, colorful history, which dated back to the 
1850’s in The Dalles and pre-revolutionary war Pennsylvania.
     For decades she was a volunteer elections worker for Wasco County, and 
along with her husband Frank assisted at the annual County Fair. Both were 
active at the local lodge of the B.P.O.E., as well as being members of The 
Dalles Country Club. 
     In her personal life, she was an avid reader of suspense and mystery 
novels, an accomplished seamstress, loved homemaking, tending to her indoor 
plants and traveling. While raising her children, she was involved with the 
P.T.A., various Cub & Boy Scout Troops, Little League, and all of the boys’ 
other activities. 
     Besides her family and friends, she loved the Columbia River Gorge, was 
always remarking on it’s grandeur, and referred to the east end of the gorge 
in particular as “God’s Country.”
     She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Frank Bonn, The Dalles; two 
children, David J. Bonn and John C. Bonn, both of Portland; four 
grandchildren, Noah, Jasmine, Amelia and Savanna Bonn, all of Portland; her 
sister, Barbara Pink and her husband, David, The Dalles; and her nephew, 
Gerald Bonn, Beaverton.
     Memorial services will be held at the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Memorial 
Mausoleum on Cherry Heights Road, 1 p.m., Monday, June 27th, 2005.      
Cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and 
Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Celilo Chapter of the DAR for 
their nursing scholarship fund. Donations to any Chapter member or the 
treasurer, EmmaJane Smith, 61331 Todd-Smith Road, Grass Valley, Oregon, 97029-
3068.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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