Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Gertrude Ann Bonham                                    Age: 89

Date of Death: February 13, 2016

Place of Death: Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas

Date of Birth: October 25, 1926 at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Parents Name: George Joseph and Ida W. (Waterson) Sullivan

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married Henry Franklin Irving August 23, 1956 at Berwyn, Pa. They later divorced. She then married Tom Bonham August 9, 1991 at Great Bend, Kansas.  He died March 4, 1995.

She was a paraprofessional for Helping Hands Preschool and Head Start.

Mrs. Bonham was a Great Bend resident since 1976 coming from Allentown, Pennsylvania.

She attended the Bible Holiness Church, Great Bend, and volunteered for the foster grandparent program. She enjoyed reading, working in her rose garden, and puzzle books.

 

SURVIVORS

one son: Greg Irving and his wife Carol of Great Bend, KS

three daughters: Gloria Orebaugh and her husband Randy of Great Bend, KS, Carol A. Popp of Hutchinson, KS, and Sandy Byington and her husband Billy of Festus, MO

one brother: Joseph Sullivan, Jr. of Pennsylvania

Grandchildren: Thirteen

Great-grandchildren: Nine

 

She was preceded in death by one brother, Edward Waterson.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Graveside Service: Friday, February 19, 2016

Time of Service: 2:00 p.m.

Place of Service: Hoisington Cemetery in Hoisington

Officiant: The Reverend Dick Ogle

Interment: Hoisington Cemetery, Hoisington, Kansas

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Woodhaven Care Center, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas         67530