Elenora P. Bonk
12/29/1895-04/24/1980
Lot Number: Lot 1, Block 1, Section A, South; CL3
Monument Installed On West End Of Lot
Wife Of Thomas George- Married 09/04/1916
Maiden Name: PIEKARSKI
Mother Of Evelyn Xaveria BRUCKNER & Chester John
Elenora (Ella) Bonk(sic), 84, of Milwaukee, formerly of Northeim, died Thursday, April 24, at Villa Clement Nursing Home, West Allis. Funeral service will be 9:15 a.m. Monday at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and 10 a.m. at St. Casimir Catholic Church, Northeim. The Rev. Charles Mocco will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery. Mrs. Bonk, nee Elenora Pekarske, was born Dec. 29, 1895, at Northeim, daughter of the late Joseph and Monica Leschke Pekarske. She was educated in the Town of Newton and was married to Thomas Bonk Sept 4, 1916, at St. Casimir Catholic Church. He preceded her in death Aug. 12, 1941. They had moved to Chilton in 1935 and after 1943 she made her home at Milwaukee, and was employed at Veterans Administration Hospital, Wood, Wis., retiring in 1967. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Chester and Margaret Bonk and a daughter and son-in-law, Evelyn and Robert Bruckner of Milwaukee, six grandchildren, 11 great grand- children and other relatives and friends. Two brothers and a sister preceded her in death. Friends may call at Parkside Fuenral Home 4 p.m. to 9 p.m Sunday, where a prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, April 26, 1980 P.3