Effie Bonham~ ~ ~ 1885-1972

Submitted by: Shirley Harlan

Effie Bonham's Service Set Wednesday at 2

Mrs. Effie J. Bonham of Blackwell died at 11:05 a.m. Monday in Hillcrest Manor where she had resided for the past four years. Her residence was 707 W. Dewey. She was 86.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Barr Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Lew Davis, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery.

Mrs. Bonham had lived in the Blackwell area since 1924, coming to the community from Lamont. She was born March 14, 1885, at Cherryvale, Kansas and was a member of the Christian Church.

She was married to William Henry Bonham on March 22, 1903, at Grant City. He preceded her in death in 1939.

Also preceding her in death were one son, Howard; a daughter; Rosa Conill; two brothers and two sisters.

Survivors are three sons, Charles O. Bonham, Drummond, Mont.; Johnie W. Bonham, Blackwell and Pearl D. Bonham of Billings, one daughter, Mrs. Dorothey Day of Elkhart, Kansas; 23 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren, and 23 great-great-grandchildren and one brother, Roy Hempsmyer of Enid.

Blackwell Journal Tribune
January 18, 1972