She was well known for her excellent driving skills, which made her grandchildren very proud.
As her children became older, to help support her family, she would often drive a ten wheeler spud truck during harvest. They spent 67 wonderful years together raising their family. On November 12, 1952, in Lewiston, Idaho, Bonnie married the love of her life, Dave Burns. She was very competitive, and in her later years, enjoyed watching her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren participate in all their sporting and school activities. She was the valedictorian of her class.īonnie was a natural athlete that excelled in sports. Bonnie would spend hours in the winter on her ice skates skating up Beaver Creek to the Sheep Station with her favorite cousins and friends.īonnie graduated from Clark County High School in 1951. Bonnie’s children often referred to them as the “Golden Girls.” In her youth she enjoyed helping her Dad with the sheep and wanted to grow up and be just like her big sister Marva.
She was the youngest of three children.īonnie grew up in Dubois with her many cousins who she loved spending time with. On September 26, 2021, Bonnie Gay Thomas Burns, 87, passed away sleeping peacefully at her home in Dubois, Idaho.īonnie was born in Idaho Falls on May 7, 1934, to Benjamin Hopson Thomas and Annie Laird Thomas.
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