Last Page Activity: March 1, 2012        
Bonnie Eileen THORNE

Birth:  22 Jan 1916   Place: Brackendale, British Columbia

Death:  12 Jan 2012  Place: Penticton, British Columbia

Burial:  Bennett family plot in Squamish, British Columbia

Father:   Fred Cliffton "Cliff" THORNE (1890-1983)

Mother:  Burtrelle Mary IRWIN (1889-1943)

 

Spouse:   Stanley Richard BENNETT

Birth:  18 Sep 1913   Place: Vancouver, British Columbia

Occupation:  WO 1st Canadian Air Force

Death:  9 Aug 1979   Place: Grand Forks, British Columbia

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Father:   George Wilder BLODGET

Mother:   Ida Marion STEWART

 

Marriage:  3 Jan 1936   Place: Vancouver, British Columbia

 

Children:

Patricia Ann (1936-2008)

Sharron Eileen (1939-)

 
        
 
Burtrelle & Cliff with baby Bonnie  Bonnie Thorne  Bonnie Thorne 1932 
Notes for Bonnie Eileen THORNE:
Obituary:

Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, at the age of 95 years.  Bonnie, also known as 'Granny B', married Staley Richard Bennett on January 3, 1936 at Vancouver, BC.  Together they raised their daughters Sharron Eileen and Patricia Ann Bennett.  Stanley was a member of the Canadian Air Force and the family moved all over Canada, starting in Vancouver and retiring in Ottawa.  They lived in Scotland from 1957 to 1961 and traveled throughout Britain and Europe spending most of their years in Alberta.  		 
Bonnie was known for her beautiful knitting and her skills as a seamstress, sewing many of her own clothes.  She also enjoyed traveling, especially cruising which she did in the later years of her life.  Bonnie was an oil painter for years and many of her paintings are with her grandchildren.

She will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her daughter Sharron (Robert) O'Brien, grandchildren Bonnie, Gerry, Richard, Georganne, William, Patrick, Shannon, David, Juliette, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Sadly, Bonnie was predeceased by her husband, Stanley, in 1979, by her daughter, Patricia, in 2008 and by her parents Fred & Burtrelle.  Bonnie will be laid to rest in the Bennett family plot in Squamish, BC.
 
 1976 Bonnie (far right) with l-r father, Cliff, holding Jason Crandel, Pat Bennett, Bonnie Lou Gerow
(all maiden names)