Lester Miles Bonjour

1910 - 1975  (64 years)

• Name	Lester Miles Bonjour  [1]
  Birth	23 Sep 1910	Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Dec 1974	Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA   [3]
  Death	11 Jan 1975	Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	14 Jan 1975	Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA   [2]
  	Address: Mount Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas USA
  		Masoleum inscription for Helen L. Bonjour and Lester M. Bonjour
  Obituary	16 Jan 1975	Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA   [2]
  	The Onaga Herald
  	Lester M. Bonjour, 64, of Topeka died Saturday in a Topeka hospital where he had been admitted the same day. He apparently had a heart attack. He was born September 23, 1910, at Onaga, and lived in Topeka since 1951. He owned and operated the Bonjour Security Service. His wife, the former Helen Banta, survives, as does a son, Marvin Bonjour, his father, Jasper Bonjour, a brother, Melvin Bonjour, a sister, Mrs. Sophia Armstrong, all of Topeka; and five grandchildren. Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Topeka with entombment in Mount Hope Mausoleum Topeka.
  Notes	Lester and his family moved to Topeka in 1951, where he remained until his death on 11 Jan 1975. [2]
  Person ID	I6307	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Jasper C. Bonjour,   b. 30 Nov 1886   d. 22 Oct 1975 (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Sarah Sophia Cass,   b. 1 Jan 1891, Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA d. 29 Nov 1974, Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1908	Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F2352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen L. Banta,   b. 1916   d. 2003 (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Harold Marvin Bonjour
  Family ID	F2355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2005

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Sep 1910 - Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA Residence - 5 Dec 1974 - Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA Death - 11 Jan 1975 - Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA Burial - Address: Mount Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas USA - 14 Jan 1975 - Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA Obituary - The Onaga Herald - 16 Jan 1975 - Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S358] Gutierrez, Rae Brimer, Onaga, Kansas History and Genealogy, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onagakansas/index.html : 4 Oct 2007), 11 Jun 2008, Local Family Histories, A-H. [S543] (The Onaga Herald), 16 January 1975. [S543] (The Onaga Herald), 5 December 1974.