Funeral services for Roger George Bonn, 72, of New Albany, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Kraft Funeral Service, Spring Street Chapel, New Albany, with burial and military honors at Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany. He died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at home surrounded by his family.
The son of the late Robert and Margaret Hobel Bonn, he was born May 15, 1940 in Buffalo, N.Y. He was a veteran and cryptographer with top secret clearance with the U.S. Army and a scholar of World War II. He was a financial advisor with Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. and was in financial services for more than 50 years. He was past president of the Rotary Club of New Albany, the Ohio Valley Corvette Club and The Dream Factory. He was former Board President at Central Christian Church in New Albany and current member of First Christian Church in Jeffersonville. In addition to his love of Corvettes, he loved to play Hearts and was a very loyal fan of the Buffalo Bills.
Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Candice Williams Bonn; children, Roger L. Bonn and his wife, Cathy, Maggie Shively, Jennifer Dyck and her husband, Robert, Dennis Samsel and his wife, Sandra, and Leigh Samsel; sister, Patricia Bonn Selbert; and grandchildren, Michael, Ashley and Courtney Bonn, Brie and Alex Shively, Olivia Hicks, Chloe and Jacob Dyck and Nathan Samsel.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Bonn.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, the National Kidney Foundation or Hosparus of Southern Indiana.
Online condolences may be made to www.kraftfuneralservice.net
Obituaries
March 4, 2013
Roger George Bonn
72; of New Albany
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- Franklin M. ‘Frank’ Dills, 84; of Sellersburg
- William Charles “Tex” Hartman, 70; of Corydon
- Victor Eugene Perkins, 85; of Jeffersonville
- William Edward Quick, 73; of Ft. Smith, Ark.
- Mary Anna Kinzer Simcox, 99; of Elizabeth
- Maysel Irene Abbott Wright, 92; of Borden
- Jun 17, 2013
- Robert ‘Bobby Dale’ Genet, 60; of Clarksville
- John Thomas Kern Jr., 53; of Charlestown
- Kevin R. ‘Bubby’ Miller, 32; of New Albany
- Charles E. Riley, 43; of New Albany
- Annette Marie Winders, 52; of Floyds Knobs
- Evelyn ‘Bernice’ Pendleton Wyatt, 85; of Clarksville
- Jun 16, 2013
- Mary E. (Cochran) Erb, 79; of New Albany
- Gerald A. Goldman, 94; of Sellersburg
- Jun 14, 2013
- Ernestine Clark Turner , 78; of Jeffersonville
- Donald Robinson, 76; of Utica
- Phillip J. Rigrish, 80; of Jeffersonville
- Joe Robert Morrow, 65; of New Albany
- Jun 13, 2013
- Harold G. ‘Strawberry’ Schneider , 78; of Lanesville
- Charles Lee ‘Chuck’ Robison, 44; of Sellersburg
