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Notes about Donald George Bonnema

Don Bonnema, age 73 of Rock Rapids, IA died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday October 10, 2015.
Don Bonnema passed away on Saturday, October 10, at his home in Rock Rapids just a few days short of his 74th birthday. Per his request, his body will be cremated with a private family celebration of his life to be held at a later date.
Donald George was born to Nelson and Minnie Bonnema at the family home near Steen, Minnesota, on Oct 13, 1941 and named after his paternal grandfather. He attended country school through 8th grade and graduated from Hills High School in 1959. He was trained as a barber at the Sioux City Barber College and worked several years as a barber in Sheldon and LeMars. He served with the United States Army for three years. Don held different jobs over the years including truck driver, painter and tree service.
Don was an independent spirit with a unique outlook on the world and on life. He loved reading, the outdoors, fishing in his younger years, music, especially Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. He was a talented artist and enjoyed expressing himself through his art. He was a very caring person and was the primary caregiver to his parents in their Steen home for a few years until Nelson passed away in December of 1997 and Minnie moved to a nursing home. Don made many friends through the years, but 'Brother Don' will be especially missed by his five siblings, Beth Sakurai from Yokohama, Japan Stan (Gloria) Bonnema from Waconia, MN Ginger (Jim) France from Sioux City, IA Mark (Eva) Bonnema from Seattle, WA Mike (Jodie) Bonnema from Steen, MN. He will also be greatly missed by his Aunt Mildred Keunen from Steen, as he stopped over regularly to see her and she often checked in with him via the phone. It is a great comfort to his family that he knew Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
Don was preceded in death by his parents and his brother-in-law, Akira Sakurai.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Donald George Bonnema

George Bonnema
1885-1953
Dena Kleinwolterink
1888-1969
Gradus Albertus Keunen
1891-1965
Johanna Harmina Veldhorst
1891-1977

Donald George Bonnema
1941-2015


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Birthday October 13, 1941

  • The temperature on October 13, 1941 was between 2.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • June 5 » World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing.
    • September 28 » World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
    • October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
    • November 14 » World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
    • November 25 » HMSBarham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
    • November 26 » World War II: Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Day of death October 10, 2015

  • The temperature on October 10, 2015 was between 5.9 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others.
    • May 12 » A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
    • June 17 » Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
    • July 23 » NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
    • October 14 » A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
    • October 31 » Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.


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