Robert “Bob” Donald Hoenk died peacefully at home in the care of his family, on December 4, 2022, at the age of 92. Bob was one of four children born to Alvin W. Hoenk and Ida A. Sell near Potsdam, MN on May 2, 1930. He attended rural and parochial schools through 7th grade and eventually graduated 8th grade from Corras Rural School near Viola, MN. From there, he made the choice to stay at home and farm with his father. At the age of 15, he paid 25ȼ at the License Bureau to get his driver’s license and had a great time kicking up his heels with friends. Two years later he purchased his first car, a 1940 Chevy Business Coup for $600 cash. On May 19, 1950, he married his partner for a lifetime, Lavonne “Bonnie” L. Parker, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin, Minnesota. They rented a 234-acre farm one mile south of Elgin which they eventually purchased once they saved enough money. This was where Bob farmed and raised livestock, and where he and Bonnie raised their six children
LaVonne “Bonnie” Leone Hoenk died peacefully at home surrounded by family, on June 10, 2022, at the age of 92. Bonnie was one of six children born to Richard M. Parker and Elna E. Reiter in Wabasha County on January 14, 1930. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1947. On May 19, 1950, she married Robert D. Hoenk at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin, Minnesota. They rented, and later bought a farm one mile south of Elgin, where they raised six children together. Bonnie worked alongside Bob on the farm, while working various other jobs outside the home, eventually working full-time at Eastwood and Peoples State Bank in Elgin as first a loan officer, and later a bank teller. The couple retired to Pine Island, Minnesota in 2001, where they enjoyed living and traveling, until moving to SE Rochester in 2015.
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