Sophia Sarah Bonjour^[1]

1913 - 1996  (82 years)

• Name	Sophia Sarah Bonjour  [2]
  Birth	2 Oct 1913	Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Obituary	Sophia Sarah Armstrong, Topeka, died Monday, April 8, 1996, at a Topeka hospital. Mrs. Armstrong and her husband owned and operated grocery stores in Circleville and Havensville and Bill's Market at 2508 SW 15th for 16 years. She also had taught school, worked for Ed Marlings and been a foster grandmother for the Kansas Neurological Institute. She was born Oct. 2, 1913, in Onaga, the daughter of Jasper and Sarah Cass Bonjour. Mrs. Armstrong was a member of Lowman United Methodist church, a 46 year member of Topeka Chapter No. 462 of the Order of the Eastern Star where she was past matron and a member of the Queen Esther Club and Martha Club. She also was a member of Trinity Shrine No. 7 and the Past Patrons and Matrons Club. She married William Armstrong on April 21, 1934. He died Oct. 21, 1972. Survivors include a daughter, Diane Cole, Topeka; and a granddaughter. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Penwell - Gabel funeral chapel. Entombment will be at Mount Hope Mausoleum. Memorial contributions may be made to the Foster Grandparenting Program at KNI, 3107 SW 21st, Topeka, 66604.
  Death	8 Apr 1996	Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA   [3]
  Burial	11 Apr 1996	Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA   [3]
  	Address: Mount Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas USA
  		Headstone of Sophia (Bonjour) Armstrong
  Person ID	I6308	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   [2, 4]
  Family ID	F2352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John William Armstrong,   b. 3 Mar 1913, Centralia, Nemaha Co., Kansas, USA d. 21 Oct 1972 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1934	Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA   [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Diana Kay Armstrong
  Family ID	F2356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2005

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Oct 1913 - Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA Marriage - 21 Apr 1934 - Onaga, Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, USA Death - 8 Apr 1996 - Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA Burial - Address: Mount Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas USA - 11 Apr 1996 - Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S661] Public Member Trees, (Ancestry.com), 9 Oct 2005, "Havensville, Pottawatomie Co., KS area working database," submitted by Merrie Pinick [cftm648@yahoo.com]. "Havensville, Pottawatomie Co., KS area working database," submitted by Merrie Pinick [cftm648@yahoo.com] [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. [S191] Sophia Sara Armstrong, Obituary - Sophia Sara Armstrong. [S543] (The Onaga Herald), 5 December 1974. [S543] (The Onaga Herald), 2 May 1935. Bonjour-Armstrong. Miss Sophia Bonjour, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Bonjour, of Onaga and William Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong, of Centralia were married at the Congregational parsonage in Onaga, Sunday, April 21, at 1:30 p. m. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. H. Cone, former pastor of the Centralia church. Miss Jessie Thompson and Reginald Ayers attended the young couple. Following the ceremony the wedding party returned to the Bonjour home where a wedding dinner was served. Since her graduation from the Onaga high school, the bride has been a successful teacher, and closed her second term of school in her home district last Friday. The groom has been employed in the Jorden grocery store here for about year. The young couple have gone to housekeeping in the Mrs. Frank Talkington house in the southwest part of town. The Journal joins their many friends in extending congratulations and best wishes.-Centralia Journal.