January 18, 1921 – April 14, 2015
Yvonne (Bonnie) Monica Reader Klein, 94, went to be with her Lord on April 14, 2015 after a full and bountiful life.
Bonnie was born to Peter J Reader and Christine Bertha Shockman, on January 18, 1921 in Bismark, North Dakota. She graduated from Berlin High School in 1938. She met Jake Klein when they both worked at Puget Sound Naval shipyard as sheet metal workers. Bonnie married Jacob Lawrence Earl Klein, son of George Klein and Martha Bernadine Hedberg, on 20 Jun 1944 in Queen of Angels, Port Angeles, WA. After being married they lived in Port Angeles, Bremerton, Poulsbo, Suquamish. Bonnie moved back to Poulsbo in 2000. Jacob was born on 28 Nov 1917 in Pierre, SD. He died on 29 Feb 1964 in Suquamish, Kitsap County, WA.
Bonnie and Jake had nine children:
Sandra Dianne (Steve) Smith, James Daniel (Sandy) Klein, Christine Yvonne Parks, Joanne Marie Klein, Nancy Martha (Lane) Guin, Patrick Joseph (Marnie) Klein, Rebecca Lynn (Frank) Salazar, Frances Elizabeth (Pete) Mckenzie and John Lawrence Klein.
Bonnie, number eleven of sixteen children, was preceded in passing by 10 older siblings: Irene, Dorothy, Myrle, Marjorie, Marie, Peter, Paul, Donald, Caroline and Collette. She is survived by her five younger siblings, Mary, Patricia, Annabelle (Anne) Charles (Chad) and Donna Mae.
Bonnie was a member of St. Olaf’s Catholic Church as well as: St. Catherine Society, Red Hat Club, Kingston Senior Center and Eagles. She also enjoyed an occasional game of golf and RV’ing in her quieter years.
Bonnie’s favorite activities were gardening, making braided rugs and assembling jigsaw puzzles. She always had something growing in her garden or a warm place in her house. Her favorite flowers were rhododendrons, begonias, dahlias and fushias. Her rugs were almost famous in that they are spread all over Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Colorado, but mostly to relatives. She was also a master dill pickle canner and jam maker.
Her real love and devotion was to her family. Bonnie not only had nine children, she had 25 Grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. There was never anything more important than her family and nothing that could stand in her way of ensuring they all had great advice.
A memorial service is scheduled at St Olaf’s Church on April 27 at 11:00 a.m., 18943 Caldert Ave, Poulsbo, WA.
Service arrangements are being handled by Cook Family Funeral Home, 163 Wyatt Way, Bainbridge Island, WA 98130, phone 206-842-2692
Www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com
(Please go to the site above and sign the Guestbook for Yvonne Monica Klein.
In lieu of flowers you may consider a donation to St Jude’s Children Hospital or a charity of your choice.
