(Times Record- Aledo, Illinois - February 13, 1919)

Mrs. John Bonynge died at her home in the northeast part of the city on Wednesday afternoon, the end coming very suddenly after a sickness of less than an hour. Mrs. Bonynge held a sale of a part of her household goods Monday and was preparing to move to Joy. She had invited a number of the neighbors in for the evening and was preparing for their coming when taken sick. Her husband passed away in November, 1918. The funeral services will be held from the home in Aledo, Saturday morning at 10:00 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Methodist cemetery south of Peniel church.

(Aledo Democrat - February 23, 1919)

Mrs. Louisa Edgar-Bonynge, was born near Hartford City, Indiana, December 12, 1850, and died at her home in Aledo, Illinois, at 4:30 o'clock, February 12, 1919, being 68 years and 2 months of age when she died.

Mrs. Bonynge leaves to mourn her very sudden death, four sons: J. E. Edgar of Seaton, Illinois; J. A. and W. R., both of Joy, Illinois; R. H., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Belle Noble of Joy. Mrs. Bonynge was mother of eight children in all, two of these died in infancy while Bennie, who was always a cripple, died at the age of eleven. Besides her children there were left three brothers, Noah, Joe and James of Wheatland, Wyoming. Eleven grandchildren are left to remember and sadly miss the kind face of a grandmother.

In 1869 Miss Louisa Hudson, later Mrs. Bonynge, was married to James S. Edgar. Mrs. and Mrs. Edgar lived most oftheir married life near Joy where their children were reared. In October 1908, Mr. Edgar died, leaving his wife in her widowhood; so she had lived until November, 1916, when she was again married to Mrs. John Bonynge of Aledo. She then went with her second husband to live in the Bonynge home in Aledo, where less than three years were given to their happy married life. Mr. Bonynge passing away in November, 1918, leaving Mrs. Bonynge again in her widowhood. She continued to make her home at Aledo until her death. She had arranged to move to Joy to live, but just about twenty-four hourrs before she was to move to Joy again, she was stricken with apoplexy from which she died very quickly.

While living with her first husband she had united with the Methodist church south of Peniel, later transferred to the Joy M. E. church, but a few years ago she had left that communion and had united with the "Latter Day Saints" church of Joy, in which communion she had lived until her death.

Friends say that the one feature that more than any other marked her later years was her Bible reading and devotion to religion. Much of the good woman's life had been taken up rearing her large family. She will be greatly missed by the earlier settlers of Joj, who had neighbored with her for years.

Mrs. Bonynge had formed many friendships in Aledo and those for whom she had friendly feelings came during the last moments of her life and at the time of her funeral.

Funeral services were held from the home in Aledo Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Marvin M. Walters of the Joy Presbyterian church officiating. A mixed quartet, consisting of Mrs. Mary Willits, Mrs. J. D. Sherer, M. C. Danford and Rev. Marvin M. Walters, sang at the funeral. Interment was made in the old "Brick Church" Methodist cemetery at Peniel.