Bonita G. âBonnieâ Fischer, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died peacefully on July 14, 2021, surrounded by family, after an extended memory care residency in Denver. She was 98.
Bonnie was born on June 10, 1923, in Liberty Center, Ohio, to parents Neva and Thomas Bichan. She graduated from Liberty Center High School and earned a bachelorâs degree in home economics from nearby Bowling Green College (now Bowling Green State University in Ohio), where she met lifelong friends in her Alpha Phi Sorority and sang as an accomplished member of a college trio. In those early years, Bonnie became an active participant in youth camp at Michiganâs Camp Miniwanca and the American Youth Foundation.