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January 13, 2021
Patricia D. Bonk of Rehoboth Beach passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Helen McWhorter Draper and Henry Carlton Draper of Milton, born in the dining room of her family home Nov. 11, 1926.
She attended high school at the Southern Seminary in Buena Vista, Va. While attending University of Maryland, she met her college sweetheart, Harry Bonk. They were married one week after she received her bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology and a minor in English in 1948. She was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority and a lifetime fan of University of Maryland.