Bonnie Edith Williams
August 17, 1924 ~ January 22, 2023
Our mother was born August 17, 1924, in Madison, Indiana to John and Madge Ross. She also had a young brother, Marion Ross who preceded her in death, and several half-brothers and half-sisters.
Our mother married our father shortly after WW2 and soon after they had a daughter Lana and 13 months later a son named after my father Danny Jr. I earned the nickname of Denny boy so we would know who should respond when our name came up. We also had a brother Larry Taylor who passed in 2010.
Mom and Dad had 10 grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. They loved the Ohio River and the city of Madison, Indiana. Madison was like a second home to all of us. We spent many days cruising on the river and enjoying all of its many twists and turns.
Our mom also loved to take trips and loved looking at houses. She was always ready to go to new places. Mom retired from Cummins in the 1970s which made more time for her to look for more houses. I guess this was her hobby.
Our father passed away in 2003 and she married Lewis Williams in 2008. Lewis recently passed from this life in November of 2022. Our mother is now home with Jesus and all of her family that has gone before her. She now has the mansion she always dreamed of. Can you imagine the stories that she will tell all of us when we get home once again to be reunited with our family and friends?
Inurnment for Bonnie will be held at Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Services were entrusted to the Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home.
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Being my aunt we’ve been in each others lives for many years. A lot of great memories. You were the last of the older generation; now we are the old generation. Lana and Denny will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Love you
Carole Burton
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Bonnie was a wonderful friend. I hadn’t got to see her at the end because I have been in quarantine since Christmas and I didn’t dare go around her. She was always dressed to the 9’s. She had a purse and shoes to match every outfit. She loved to shop and we would go to Greenwood to a couple of stores that were her favorites and she knew the people that worked there. Bonnie made friends everywhere she went. She hat a quick wit and very much enjoyed people. . She was so proud of her family and cherished the time she got to spend wit\ them. She loved Madison and we would take trips to there to eat at her favorite restaurant and we went to the military graveyard to her husband’s grave and said that was where she would be buried. I helped her move 13 times…I think that was her hobby. I will miss you and my thoughts go to her two living children and her grandchildren. Rest in peace my dear friend.
Fifty-five years ago next month, I was introduced to the lady that would eventually be my mother-in-law for 54+ years. Just a few months later, her daughter and I were married, in spite of some strenuous objections from both our families. From that point on, she was “Lana’s mom” to me. In fact, she often signed cards and letters to me using that. Through good times and difficult, Bonnie was the rock of the family. She had a zest for life that I hadn’t experienced until I met her. Her laugh was infectious, her sense of humor tore me up and wow, could that lady dress. She loved shopping for just about anything but mostly clothes, furniture and houses. She used to kid about Lana divorcing me and later on, that she had been around me too long. How do you condense over half-a-century into just a few words? Well, after a lifetime of love, just a about a year ago she looked at me and said “David Lee, you know I love you? And I replied yes, and I love you too Bonnie. A lot has been written about mothers-in-law over the years. I believe I had the best one that ever existed. I love you and will miss you “Lana’s mom” but I be seeing you soon.
Bonnie was a very good, long time friend. We would call each other on the phone and she would keep me updated on the latest information. She always had nice clothes. She knew how I loved clothes and would always give me her hand me downs. Our preacher always told her she should have been in real-estate the way she loved to shop for houses. I will miss her, but someday I will visit her in heaven.