AKRON – Vera Bondeline “Bonnie” Traver, 97, of rural Warsaw, and formerly of Akron, passed at 7:58 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at her residence.
Bonnie was born on May 10, 1923, in Kokomo, to the late John B. and Catherine Hurlock Murphy. She was married on Dec. 6, 1941, in Akron, to Chester “Chet” W. Traver; he preceded her in death on March 10, 2004.
She was a homemaker. Bonnie loved her family and loved the Lord. She took great joy in going out to eat. She had a special great-great-great-niece, Bailey Reed, that was born on her birthday.
Survivors include sister, Delores Lawson, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by brothers, William, Charles, Lawrence, James, John Murphy Jr. and Lee; and sisters, Dorothy Sopher, Alice Tullis, Mildred Brown, Ethel Bishop and Mary Penn.
Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, July 10 at Hartzler Funeral Home, 305 W. Rochester St., Akron. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 10 at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Silver Creek Cemetery, Silver Lake. For the health of all in attendance, the funeral home encourages the public to wear masks.
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Memorials to the American Heart Association, 3816 Paysphere Circle Chicago, IL 60674; or the Alzheimer's Association 225 N. Michigan Ave., floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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