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The Niemuth Family -- Generation 8

-- Elmer Ernie Bonness' obituary --


O'NEILL -- Ty Bonness, 97, of O'Neill died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at The Good Samaritan Center in
Atkinson.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Archer Zion United Methodist Church in Archer. The Rev. Rich
Savage will officiate. Burial will be in the Westlawn Cemetery in Grand Island.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill, and one hour before the service
at the church.
Mr. Bonness was born Feb. 15, 1907, at Archer to Paul and Lydia (Retzlaff) Bonness.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Cora, in 1974.
Survivors of the immediate family include, a daughter and son-in-law, Carol Ann and Virgil Holz of
O'Neill; and a son, Paul Bonness of Albuquerque, N.M.
Also surviving are three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Ty attended school in Archer, graduating from the Archer High School. He continued his education at the
North East Central College in Central City.
Ty married Cora Niemoth in July of 1936, at Gibbon. He owned and operated the Bonness Brothers IGA
in Archer for over 50 years.
 
[Obituary: Grand Island Daily Independent, October 23, 2004]

©2003-2004 Lori Niemuth

Last updated: October 23, 2004

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