Obituary of Doris Helen Bonnell

Doris Helen Dunbar Bonnell, widow of well known banker, the late George W. Bonnell, died peacefully on Friday, March 5, 2004, at her residence. She was born on May 30, 1914, at Skiff Lake, NB, the daughter of the late Harry and Maud Dunbar. A resident of Saint John, she was a charter member of the I.O.D.E. Saint John Chapter, a founding director of the Kindness Club of New Brunswick, a director and later president of the Union Club of Saint John, a past member of the Riverside Golf and Country Club and later the Westfield Golf and Country Club, a committee chairperson of the Rotary World Youth Conference in 1958 which brought young people from all over the world to Saint John. She was a member of St. John Baptist (Mission Church) and St. Clement on Millidge Ave in Saint John. She thoroughly enjoyed her family, her many friends, and her cottage at Skiff Lake. She considered Skiff Lake her home, her special place, as this was the gathering place for her family all of her life. Proud of her Scottish heritage, she enjoyed telling her children, and later her grandchildren, stories and legends of their ancestors around the campfire by the lake. She is survived by her son Robert (Barbara) Bonnell of Montreal, her daughters Frances Doyle and Jeanne Keating (Michael) of Saint John, her grandchildren Mark Bonnell (Franisca), Kim Bonnell Hubner (Bryce), Brian Doyle, Barry Doyle (Andrea), Karen Keating Small (Michael), Kelly Keating Boyd (Ian), Jan Keating LeBlanc (Mark), Peter Keating, her 11 great-grandchildren, her brother Grant Dunbar (Doreen), sister-in-law Adeline Dunbar and many nieces and nephews. Resting at Brenan's Select Community Funeral Home, 111 Paradise Row, Saint John, NB, (506-634-7424), with visiting on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. The funeral service will be held on Monday, March 8, 2004, at 1:00 PM, from Brenan's Chapel. Interment will take place at Cedar Hill Extension Cemetery. In lieu of flowers remembrances made to the Victorian Order of Nurses, Saint John Chapter, the Parkinson's Society or the Building Fund for the Church of St. John Baptist and St. Clements Church.