Mary J. Bonewitz

mary bonewitz

Mary J. Bonewitz, age 96, of Huntington, passed away Tuesday February 28, 2017 at 10:00 am at Markle Health and Rehabilitation.  She graduated from Banquo High School and worked as a machinist at Memcor for 25 years.  She was an accomplished seamstress, creating over 50 wedding dresses.

 

Mary was born November 4, 1920, in Marion, the daughter of William and Lulu (Sloderbeck) Shoemaker.  On May 4, 1940, she married her beloved husband Robert Raymond Bonewitz in Huntington and he passed away January 12, 1988.  She is survived by a son Robert R. “Bob” (Linda) Bonewitz, Jr. of Andrews, 3 daughters Diana Sell of Indianapolis, Marsha Stolle of Huntington and Pamela (Steven) Updike of Huntington, 14 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two daughters Janet Machleder and Karen Foy, by her siblings Mildred, Wayne, Lawrence, Warren(Hank), Irma, Gloria and Victor.

 

Visitation will be held Saturday March 4 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Deal-Rice Funeral Home-Huntington Chapel preceding the 11:00 am funeral service.  Pastor James Kip Farrar will officiate. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory.

 

Preferred memorials are to Breast Cancer Awareness c/o Deal-Rice Funeral Home, 338 E. Washington St., Huntington, IN 46750.

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