Obituary of Bonita Millett
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West Branch, Iowa
Bonita “Bonnie” Millett, 86, died Thursday April 23, 2015 at the Crestview Care and Rehab Center in West Branch.
Funeral services will be held 10 A.M. Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the West Branch United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held Monday from 5 to 7 P.M. at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be held in the West Branch Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made West Branch First Responders and Iowa City Hospice.
Bonnie was born December 29, 1928 in Johnson County, Iowa the daughter of John and Blanche Trimble Foraker. She was a graduate of West Branch High School in the class of 1946. On March 21, 1947 Bonnie was united in marriage to Woodrow Millett in Marion, Iowa in the church parsonage officiated by Rev. James Gable. She has been employed for many years typing for the West Branch Times and following her retirement worked at ACT in Iowa City.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, West Branch American Legion Auxiliary and T.T.T. She enjoyed playing cards; Bonnie and Woody played in many different card clubs and T.T.T. Bridge marathons. She also enjoyed Iowa women’s basketball games, also watching professional women’s games.
Survivors include her three Children: Sharon “Sherry” Nash of West Branch, Nancy (Lauren) Wear of West Liberty and John (Jan) Millett of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 6 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren, and a brother Jim (Ida) Foraker of Enfield, Connecticut. Also surviving is a former family foreign exchange student and now college student from South Korea, Misong Jin who always thought of Bonnie as grandma. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Woody, two brothers: Robert and Lawrence and a sister LaVerna.
Monday April 27, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home West Branch
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Tuesday April 28, 2015, 10:00 A.M. at West Branch United Methodist Church
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