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View a eulogy for Donald Richard Bonwell, USMA '49, who passed away on April 22, 1971.

Donald Richard Bonwell

West Point, 1949

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Terry Powers on November 26, 2022:

Donald Bonwell Rites Monday
Franklin - Funeral arrangements for Donald R. Bonwell, 44, of 29 Courtland Drive, who died yesterday when his car struck a pole on Route 3 in Clifton, will be at 9 a.m. Monday, at the Quackenboss Funeral Home, 156 Livingston Ave., New Brunswich. A 9:30 a.m. Mass of Resurrection will follow at St. Mathias Church.
Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park, Hanover.
Mr. Bonwell was resident of Franklin for the past four months, moving to this area from mt. Lebanon, Pa.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, class of 1949, he served for 16 years in the Army, retiring with the rank of captain.
He was employed as the production manager of the Gordon Terminal Service in Bayonne.
Surviving are his wife, the former Carole Demirjan; two sons, Donald R,, serving woth the U.S. Navy stationed at Norfolk, Va.; and a Daughter, Miss Caoline Lee at home; a brother, Miner W. of Miami, Fla.;and a sister, Mrs Robert Hamilton of Fort Meade, Md.
The family requests contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.

Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, 23 April 1971, Fri.
Transcribed from www.findagrave.com/memorial/237608695

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