Bonnie Jene (Huff) Miller Sibley, 83, El Dorado Springs, passed away March 16, 2010. Bonnie Jene was born on April 19, 1926, to George Graham and Clara (Kennedy) Huff.
Bonnie Jene graduated from El Dorado Springs High School. She was a baptized member of the El Dorado Springs United Methodist Church.
She moved to Los Angeles to aid in the war effort at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation where she met and later married Robert Miller in 1944. They had five children. In 1953, she and Robert moved to Granby, Quebec, Canada, where they lived for seven years.
She enjoyed roller skating, sewing, needlework, painting, square dancing, volunteering, Camper Club and travel. She enjoyed her Red Hat Late Bloomers group and the United Methodist Women’s group. She attended her church faithfully as long as her health permitted.
Bonnie Jene was preceded in death by two husbands, Robert Miller and Ronald Sibley; three brothers - Willis Huff, Kenneth Huff and Eldon Huff; and one sister, Doris Treat.
She is survived by three siblings: Ettamae Mays - El Dorado Springs, Joe Huff - El Dorado Springs, and Sue Brown - Bolivar; five children - Jo Carole and husband, William Mauk - Miami, FL, Donald Craig Miller and wife, Tina - El Monte, CA, Robert Stanley Miller and wife, Susan - Irving, TX, Lynda Jene and husband, Kenneth Shepherd - Lutz, FL, and Lissa Kay and husband, Jeffery Peterson - Aurora, CO; eight grandchildren - Peggie Burdick, Karol Guerra, Greg Mauk, Halley Mauk, Penny Johnson, Ryan Shepherd, Kelsey Shepherd and Garrett Peterson; and four great-grandchildren - Sabrina Burdick, Nico Guerra, Enzo Guerra, and Marco Guerra.
Services were held on Friday, March 19, in Bland-Hackleman Chapel with Pastor Patty Smith officiating and Peter Chei providing music. Interment followed in El Dorado Springs City Cemetery under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were - Don Miller, Bob Miller, Bill Mauk, Ken Shepherd, Jeff Peterson and Joe Huff.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children.
