Bonita Millett

BONITA "BONNIE" MILLETT

West Branch

Bonita "Bonnie" Millett, 86, died Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Crestview Care and Rehab Center in West Branch. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 28, at West Branch United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Burial will be in West Branch Cemetery.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarker funeralhome.com.

Memorials may be made to West Branch First Responders and Iowa City Hospice.

Bonnie was born Dec. 29, 1928, in Johnson County, Iowa, the daughter of John and Blanche Trimble Foraker. She was a graduate of West Branch High School class of 1946. On March 21, 1947, Bonnie was united in marriage to Woodrow Millett in Marion in the church parsonage officiated by the Rev. James Gable. She had been employed for many years typing for the West Branch Times, and following her retirement, worked at ACT in Iowa City.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, West Branch American Legion Auxiliary and T.T.T. She enjoyed playing cards – Bonnie and Woody played in many different card clubs and T.T.T. Bridge marathons. She also enjoyed Iowa women's basketball games and watching professional women's games.

Survivors include her three children, Sharon "Sherry" Nash of West Branch, Nancy (Lauren) Wear of West Liberty and John (Jan) Millett of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jim (Ida) Foraker of Enfield, Conn. Also surviving is a former family foreign exchange student and now college student from South Korea, Misong Jin, who always thought of Bonnie as grandma.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Robert and Lawrence; and a sister, LaVerna.