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Agnes <I>Cotterman</I> Bonham

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Agnes Cotterman Bonham

Birth
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 Sep 2011 (aged 104)
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Huntington Mills, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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W/o (1st) William K. Bonham (31 Jan 1907 - 09 Aug 1980)
W/o (2nd) Arthur L. Hayman (25 Jan 1916 - 01 Jan 2004)

This obituary is from the Saturday, September 3, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Agnes P. Bonham Hayman
Centenarian taught in one-room schools
Agnes P. Bonham Hayman, age 104, formerly of Lake Pine Crest, Shickshinny, died at 8:47 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at the Bonham Nursing Center, Stillwater, where she resided for the past eight years.
Born in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, on Sept. 11, 1906, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Sarah (Cavanee) Cotterman. She spent her early life in Huntington Township, and later resided in Plymouth for many years before moving to Lake Pine Crest in 1971.
Agnes was a 1924 graduate of the former Huntington High School and a 1929 graduate of the former Bloomsburg Normal School. She was an elementary teacher in the one-room schools of Huntington Township, and later taught in Shickshinny and last at Hunlock Creek, all part of the present Northwest Area School District. She retired in 1972 after 28 years of teaching.
She was the oldest member of the Town Hill United Methodist Church, where she was a former member of the Over 50 Club and the hobby group. She also belonged to the Retired Teachers Association.
Agnes was preceded in death by two husbands: William K. Bonham on Aug. 9, 1980; and Arthur L. Hayman on Oct. 1, 2004; and a step-daughter, Donna Fritz, in 2008.
Surviving are a son, Kenneth L. Long, and his wife, Patricia, Shickshinny; a granddaughter, Jennifer J., wife of Patrick Romano, Lake Pine Crest; and two step-sons: the Rev. Arthur Lee Hayman and his wife, Joan, Benton; and the Rev. Franklin F. Hayman and his wife, Karen, Allegheny, N.Y.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Benton, with her step-son, the Rev. Arthur Lee Hayman, officiating. Interment in Scott Cemetery, Waterton. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10-11 a.m.
Family will provide flowers. Memorials may be made to Town Hill United Methodist Church, 417 Town Hill Road, Shickshinny, PA 18655.
To sign the guest book or to send a message of condolence, please go to: www.krinerfuneralhomes.com
W/o (1st) William K. Bonham (31 Jan 1907 - 09 Aug 1980)
W/o (2nd) Arthur L. Hayman (25 Jan 1916 - 01 Jan 2004)

This obituary is from the Saturday, September 3, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Agnes P. Bonham Hayman
Centenarian taught in one-room schools
Agnes P. Bonham Hayman, age 104, formerly of Lake Pine Crest, Shickshinny, died at 8:47 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at the Bonham Nursing Center, Stillwater, where she resided for the past eight years.
Born in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, on Sept. 11, 1906, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Sarah (Cavanee) Cotterman. She spent her early life in Huntington Township, and later resided in Plymouth for many years before moving to Lake Pine Crest in 1971.
Agnes was a 1924 graduate of the former Huntington High School and a 1929 graduate of the former Bloomsburg Normal School. She was an elementary teacher in the one-room schools of Huntington Township, and later taught in Shickshinny and last at Hunlock Creek, all part of the present Northwest Area School District. She retired in 1972 after 28 years of teaching.
She was the oldest member of the Town Hill United Methodist Church, where she was a former member of the Over 50 Club and the hobby group. She also belonged to the Retired Teachers Association.
Agnes was preceded in death by two husbands: William K. Bonham on Aug. 9, 1980; and Arthur L. Hayman on Oct. 1, 2004; and a step-daughter, Donna Fritz, in 2008.
Surviving are a son, Kenneth L. Long, and his wife, Patricia, Shickshinny; a granddaughter, Jennifer J., wife of Patrick Romano, Lake Pine Crest; and two step-sons: the Rev. Arthur Lee Hayman and his wife, Joan, Benton; and the Rev. Franklin F. Hayman and his wife, Karen, Allegheny, N.Y.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Benton, with her step-son, the Rev. Arthur Lee Hayman, officiating. Interment in Scott Cemetery, Waterton. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10-11 a.m.
Family will provide flowers. Memorials may be made to Town Hill United Methodist Church, 417 Town Hill Road, Shickshinny, PA 18655.
To sign the guest book or to send a message of condolence, please go to: www.krinerfuneralhomes.com

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  • Created by: Heidi Whaley
  • Added: Jul 19, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28389654/agnes-bonham: accessed ), memorial page for Agnes Cotterman Bonham (11 Sep 1906–1 Sep 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28389654, citing Scott Cemetery, Huntington Mills, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Heidi Whaley (contributor 46914456).