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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Bonnie Prull
Age: 83
City: Anamosa
Funeral Date
2 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa
Funeral Home
Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Bonnie Prull
BONNIE PRULL
Anamosa
Bonnie Prull, 83, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Bickford Cottage, Marion, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Anamosa. Interment will be in the Springville Cemetery. The Rev. Katherine Franzenburg will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
Surviving are her husband, Robert; three children, Teresa (Keith) Bahl, Marion, Karen Dolter, Dubuque, and Kelley (Julie) Prull, Cedar Rapids; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and another on the way; and her brother, David (Eleanor) Kelley, Springville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three siblings, James (Orville) Kelley, Alvie Kelley and Lillie May Busch; and a son-in-law, Pat Dolter.
Bonnie Leigh Kelley was born Sept. 21, 1933, in Springville, Iowa. She was the daughter of James and Elsie Pirtle Kelley. Bonnie graduated from Springville High School with the Class of 1951. She then went to work at Iowa National Insurance in Cedar Rapids. Bonnie Kelley and Robert Prull were married June 20, 1954, at the Springville Methodist Church. Bonnie worked as a secretary at the Martelle school and later at Kouba Pharmacy in Anamosa. She spent over 20 years working as a deputy clerk of court in the Jones County Courthouse. Bonnie retired in 1999.
She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday school and vacation Bible school. Bonnie was an avid quilter and crocheter, making many memories for her family. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.