Bonita R. ‘Bonnie’ GeigerNORTH WEBSTER – Bonita R. “Bonnie” Geiger, 90, of North Webster, Ind., passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at her home. She was born on Jan. 22, 1929, in Kimmell, Ind., to Lawrence L. and Lura L. Steller McLallin.
She graduated in 1947 from Cromwell High School in Cromwell, Ind., and attended Wayne University School of Beauty Culture in Fort Wayne, Ind. She was married on Sept. 12, 1948, in Kimmell to JD Geiger, who preceded her on Aug. 14, 2012.
She was a homemaker and formerly owned and operated Bonnie’s Beauty Shop in North Webster for seven years. She also formerly worked at Thornburg Drugs in North Webster, license branch in Syracuse and Warsaw for 11 years and the Kosciusko County treasurer’s office for 12 years.
She was a lifetime Noble and Kosciusko County area resident and wintered for 12 years in Florida. She grew up in the Sparta Christian Church in Kimmell and then attended the United Methodist Church and the Church of the Brethren in North Webster.
She is survived by two daughters, Dawn Fisher of Largo, Fla., and Jill (Dean) Miner of Warsaw; son, Brian Geiger of Warsaw; four grandchildren, Andy (Katie) Miner, Chad Fisher, Heather (Daniel) Kimbley and Brandon (Megan) Geiger; stepgrandson, Tony (Cathy) Miner; seven great-grandchildren, Connor, Emily, Dawson, Adam, Ava, Ethan and Madeline; six stepgreat-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; granddaughter, Tamara Ridgway; sister, Joan Spencer; and three brothers, Justin, Gerald and Kenneth “Lindy” McLallin.
Cremation will take place at Cremation Services of Kosciusko County, 4356 N. Ind. 15, Warsaw. Private graveside burial will take place in the Sparta Cemetery in Kimmell, with Pastor Robert Wyman officiating. Owen Family Funeral Home, Ind. 13 & CR 500N, North Webster.
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Memorials to the Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P. O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46581; or Church of the Brethren, 7281 E. CR 600N, North Webster, IN 46555.
To send condolences to the family in memory of Bonnie Geiger, please visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
