Bonnie Jean Snipes

November 24, 1933 - October 27, 2021

Bonnie Jean Snipes, 87, of rural Rochester, Indiana passed at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 at White Oak Health Campus of Monticello, Indiana. Bonnie was born on Nov. 24, 1933 in Kosciusko County, Indiana to the late Donald L. and Stella Mae (Wehrly) Emmons. She married on March 20, 1952 in Mentone, Indiana to William Donald Snipes, who preceded her in death on March 27, 2004. Bonnie was a 1951 graduate of Mentone High School. Bonnie and her husband Don owned and operated Snipes Mobile Feed, where she was the bookkeeper. She had been a past member of the Studebaker Drivers Club of South Bend, Ind. as well as the Blacktop Cruisers Car Club of Rochester, Ind. She served as a 4-H leader for many years with the Newcastle Happy Harvesters. She attended the Bethlehem Baptist Church of rural Rochester. Bonnie volunteered at Woodlawn Hospital and also worked at Dairy Queen both of Rochester. She was known as an avid euchre player at the Senior Center of Rochester. She is survived by a daughter Sherri and husband Doug Rutherford of Decatur, Ill., sons Gary Snipes of Rochester, Ind. and Terry and wife Diane Snipes of East Moline, Ill.; grandchildren Christine, Erin, Dan, Stephanie, Greg, Josh, and Cari; 7 Great Grandchildren; and a brother Donald Leroy “JR” and wife Geneva Emmons of Sammamish, Washington. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, husband Don, and infant son Steven. The funeral service will take place at 3:00 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 at King Memorial Home 101 North Tucker Street Mentone, Indiana with Pastor Phil Pratt officiating. The interment will take place in the Mentone Cemetery, Mentone, Indiana. Visitation hours will be from 1 pm to 3 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 at King Memorial Home, Mentone, Indiana. Memorial contributions can be made in memory of Bonnie to the Fulton County Council on Aging 625 Pontiac Street Rochester, Indiana 46975.