Family and friends will remember David Troyer Bonar at a 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, service inside the Rose Hill Burial Park Mausoleum, 3535 W. Market St., Fairlawn. The Rev. Thomas Heinlein of Westminster Presbyterian Church will officiate.
Mr. Bonar's interment at Rose Hill will be with his father and mother, Boyd and Lula (Troyer) Bonar, to whom he was born Oct. 13, 1925, in Akron, and where they were members of Westminster.
A 1943 graduate of Buchtel High School, he attended The University of Akron before serving honorably with the Army Air Forces in World War II. At Miami University (Ohio), he met, and would marry, Akron's Barbara Bunten. Daughter Julie is a legacy.
Upon Kent State University 1950 graduation, he joined Evans Insurance Agency as an agent for individual and business group insurance, and became vice president.
In 1964 he married Nancy Yockey and moved from Akron to Bath. Son Tim is their legacy.
In his free time he enjoyed traveling, fishing, golfing, playing tennis and spending time with the people he loved.
Survivors include loving and caring children, Timothy Cooper Bonar of Bath Township, and daughter, Julie Bonar (John) Baughman of West Palm Beach, Fla.
Also grandson, John "Jay" Baughman of West Palm Beach; granddaughter, Jaime (William) Corzo and great-grandsons, Christian and Julien of Naples, Fla.; and cousins, Paul Troyer of California and Bob Troyer of Michigan.
Before our dad was freed from Alzheimer's, Friday, Dec. 22, he reaffirmed Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dave Bonar's name may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 1815 W. Market St., Ste. 301, Akron, OH, 44313. Ohio Cremation & Memorial Society.
[The Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, page B5, col. 3]
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