{"id":12258,"date":"2018-09-10T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=12258"},"modified":"2024-12-18T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:57:06","slug":"obituary-mitchell-bonnie-irene-haefner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=12258","title":{"rendered":"Obituary – Mitchell, Bonnie Irene (Haefner)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bonnie<\/p>\n

Class of 1955<\/h2>\n

1955 Maroon Spotlight\"Bonnie
Bonnie Haefner<\/h2>\n

Student Director Junior Play, 53-54.<\/p>\n

1955 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n

Bonnie Haefner enjoys reading, sewing, and experimenting with new ideas, and her favorite subject has been bookkeeping. Bonnie, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haefner, was born Nov. 15, 1937, in Breckenridge, Texas. She attended the first, second, and third grades at Fairview rural school, the fourth grade at Fourdee, and the fifth through eighth grades at Lone Star rural school. She was valedictorian of the county eighth grade graduating class in 1951 and first in the county literary meet in 1951. Bonnie plans to enter a business school in Tulsa following graduation this spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bonnie Irene (Haefner) Mitchell<\/h1>\n

November 15, 1937 – December 5, 2016<\/h3>\n

Bonnie Irene Mitchell, 79, passed away peacefully December 5, 2016. <\/p>\n

Born November 15, 1937, in Breckenridge, TX, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Vannie Haefner. She was the oldest of 7 siblings including three brothers, Harry, Leroy, and Willie, and three sisters, Minnie, Ada, and Cindy. Leroy preceded her in death.<\/p>\n

She grew up in Perry, OK, graduating in 1955. She then studied advanced accounting at Draughons School of Business in Tulsa.<\/p>\n

Bonnie married Raymond Thompson in 1961, settling in Kelso. They later divorced but remained friends.<\/p>\n

In 1978, she married Francis Mitchell; he survives her at home. Also surviving are 2 sons, Mark (Tina) Thompson and Kurt (Kaylee) Thompson; 2 step-sons, Allen Mitchell and Arnie (Lu Ann) Mitchell; as well as a step-daughter, Debbie (Art) Carney. She also leaves behind 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Bonnie was a lifetime member of the Cowlitz Coin Club and Valley View Church of God. She enjoyed sewing, traveling, especially spending winters in Arizona.<\/p>\n

After receiving a heart transplant in 1992, she was a huge supporter of organ donations. She refused to let her new lease on life slow her down and continued doing everything she enjoyed for an additional 24 years.<\/p>\n

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at Valley View Church of God, 1435 33rd Ave, Longview, WA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12258"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26811,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12258\/revisions\/26811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}