Bonnie Summerfield

Bonnie Neome (Boone) Summerfield was born May 21, 1916, to Robert and Katherine (Young) Boone in Woodbine, Iowa. She was raised in Woodbine and graduated from Woodbine High School. She then received her teaching certificate from Woodbine Normal School. Bonnie taught country school for eight years. Bonnie married Walter Summerfield on February 24, 1943, in Denison, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Galland's Grove area north east of Dunlap. After the children were raised Bonnie worked at the Dunlap Co-op for a number of years. The couple moved to town in the 1980's. Walter died on December 30, 1990.
Bonnie loved family picnics and playing cards with the neighbors. She also enjoyed mushroom hunting and traveling. She especially enjoyed her trip to the World's Fair in New York City in 1939. Bonnie was a member of the neighborhood club.
Bonnie died on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at the Parson's House in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 94 years and four months.
Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter Summerfield; and four brothers, George, Dean, John and Charles Boone; and two sisters, Wahneeta McDaniel and Kathleen (Betty) Royer. She is survived by her four children; Barbara (Dick) Hanny of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Marla Barry of Omaha, Nebraska, Dale Summerfield of Woodbine, Iowa, Marcia (Ron) Nelson of Omaha, Nebraska; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.