IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Bonnie Rose

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Rider

Jun 15, 1924 — Oct 13, 2022

Obituary

Bonnie grew up in the Oklahoma dust bowl of the 30's and her family lived in a dug out for a period of time. Her family Fred and Margaret Moses and her sister Shirley moved to Mount Vernon Washington where she attended high school and her father worked in a dairy. Bonnie attended three different high schools in three different states where she maintained a 4.0 GPA. At the start of World War 2 she attended the Cadet Nurse Corps in Amarillo Texas where she graduated as a Registered Nurse. She was preparing for deployment when the war ended. After the war she came to work at the 20 bed Phillips Petroleum refinery hospital in Phillips Texas where she met her husband Kenneth. In the Mid 50's Phillips opened a fertilizer manufacturing plant in Finley Washington and they moved to Kennewick where they lived until Kenneth's and her death. Bonnie was an accomplished seamstress and made many clothes and other items for her family and friends. She also enjoyed needlepoint and crocheting. We remember mom telling my dad that he did not ask her if she could cook when they were married, in later years she liked the quote "I have a kitchen because it came with the house". When they were first married and eating at Kenneth's mom (Florence) house, Dad's mom asked him if he like what she had made, Dad replied, "I don't know, I have been eating Bonnie's cooking for so long I don't know what good food tastes like". Bonnie thought that was really funny. Recently Bonnie had a 95th birthday with many of her children and grandchildren. We mentioned that day this was her first birthday party since she was 11. Her mom promised her that day that was her last party after Bonnie hit her friend in the head with a corn cob.. Other examples of our mom's humor were when my dad had fired up the burn barrel (back when that was OK to do) and my mom had thrown an empty can of spray paint in the barrel. It was summer and my dad had his shirt off and after 10 or 15 minutes the can blew up.  He came stomping into the house before he could say anything my mom said you look like you have the blue goofus!! My dad was saying "you could have killed me, you could have killed me"!! She had hundreds of these stories that we have heard many times. Bonnie is survived by these and many other fun times and 2 children (Marilin and husband Jim, and John and his wife Francie). 5 Grandchildren (Michael, Randy, Danny, Kathy and Ken), 13 Great Grand children and several Great Great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by the burn barrel, many beloved pets and her husband Kenneth, and son in law Jim.

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Funeral Services

Visitation

October
21

Friday

Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral Home

1401 South Union Street, Kennewick, WA 99338

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Graveside

October
21

Friday

Desert Lawn Memorial Park

1401 S Union St, Kennewick, WA 99338

Starts at 1:00 pm

Graveside Service

October
21

Friday

Desert Lawn Memorial Park

1401 S Union St, Kennewick, WA 99338

Starts at 1:00 pm

Burial

Desert Lawn Memorial Park

-, -, MS

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