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Bonnie Tobiason
BONNIE TOBIASON
Monticello
Bonnie Tobiason, 90, died on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at the Anamosa Care Center following a brief illness.
A Life Celebration service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello, with a private family burial in the Wayne Zion Cemetery. Friends may call from after
9 a.m. at the church on Saturday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wayne Zion Lutheran Church or a charity of choice. Goettsch Funeral Home has taken Bonnie and her family into their care. Please share your love and support with Bonnie's family by signing the guestbook at www.goettschonline.com.
Surviving is her husband of 55 years, George; three children, David (Janeece) Lasley, Donna (Mark) Holt and Kalinda (Al) Stadtmueller; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and one on the way; and her in-laws, Jim Bennett, Marda Heady, Marilyn (Ken) Streeper and Pauline Antons.
She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Grace, Linda and Steve.
Bonnie Jean Heady was born Dec. 16, 1931, at Batavia, Iowa. She was the daughter of Glenn and Velma Young, Heady. Bonnie graduated from the Batavia High School in 1949, and then continued her education at Iowa State Teachers College (UNI), received her teaching certificate. She completed her teaching degree in 1961 at Parsons College in Fairfield. Bonnie taught at Hendrick, Martinsburg and at Jackson Elementary in Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon before coming to Monticello. She was married to Dwight Lasley from 1951 until 1961. Bonnie married George Tobiason on Feb. 14, 1967, at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. Bonnie taught one more year in Monticello before embracing her life as a farm wife.
She was a very active member of Wayne Zion Lutheran Church and the church Senior Fellowship. For many years, she was in charge of the gravy at the Wayne Zion Church dinner. She also enjoyed playing bridge, bowling, cooking baking and quilting. For 38 years, she helped her daughter Kalinda with her annual craft show.
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