Funeral Service for Bonnie "Bon Bon" Johnson, 67, of Sisseton, SD will be held on Monday, September 15, 2014 at 2:00 PM at the Buffalo Lake District Center, Eden, SD with the Rev. Enright BigHorn and JC Crawford officiating. Pianist will be Billy Kohl with special music by Elena Wilson and Butch Felix. Pallbearers will be Darin Yammerino, Kingsmill Johnson, Mel Huff, Luke Johnson, Nate Johnson, Billy Canku Jr., John Lincoln and Jody Weidenbach. Honorary Pallbearers will be Nikki Kirk, Kaye Renville, Lisa Lawrence, Jeff Block, Troy Goodsell, Windy Harwood, Kevin and Tammy Wegehaupt, Julie Pond, Dolly Adams, Bill Vellenga, Stan and Yvonne Hippen, Connie and Dean Abraham, Jackie and Karen White, all of Bonnie's Family, Friends and Co-Workers. Interment will be in the Buffalo Lake Presbyterian Cemetery, Eden, SD. Wake services will be held on Friday, September 12, Saturday, September 13, and all night wake Sunday, September 14, 2014 all starting at 7:00 P.M. at the Buffalo Lake District Center, Eden, SD.
Bonnie Marie Weidenbach was born on March 22, 1947 at Britton, SD to Howard and Lorraine (Stavick) Weidenbach. She attended school at Red Iron Township and high school in Sioux Falls, SD and she got her GED at Sisseton Wahpeton Community College. Bonnie married Alan Johnson on May 10, 1975 at Big Coulee. They made their home in the Sisseton area. She worked at Lakeland Lounge; owned and operated the Peever Liquor Store for many years; ran Red Iron Resort; worked Road Construction, worked at the Pool Hall; owned Bonnie and Clyde Bar, manger of the I-29 Motel; and then Dakota Magic in the Box Office, Restaurant Manager, Hotel Manager, and Event Center Coordinator. Bonnie loved horses, playing Bingo and spending time with her family. Bonnie passed away on September 10, 2014 at Coteau des Prairies Hospital in Sisseton, SD.
Bonnie is survived by her children, Jeremiah (Marie) Johnson of New Effington, SD, Maurice Johnson of Sisseton, SD, William Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Christian Johnson of Sisseton, SD; she also raised Chance Weidenbach of Watertown, SD and Darin Weidenbach of Watertown, SD; two sisters, Becky (Weidenbach) Adams of Sisseton, SD, Rhonda (Ernie) Karst of Castlewood, SD; two brothers, Terry (Doreen) Weidenbach of Sisseton, SD, Bryan (Deb) Weidenbach of Lake City, SD; sixteen grandchildren; sisters and brother in-laws Louie and Sherry Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Annie and Butch Felix of Sisseton, SD, Dicky and Heidi Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Felix Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Norman Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Cookie Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Angie Johnson of Sisseton, SD, Debbie and Gene Heminger of Sisseton, SD, Jeff Block of Sisseton, SD, Troy Goodsell of Texas, Elena Wilson of Sisseton, SD, and Linda Kriz of Sisseton, SD.
Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, Alan; parents; brother Monte Dale Weidenbach; sister Dee Sandve; maternal grandparents Mary and Melvin Stavick; paternal grandparents Leona and Burt Gray; and in-laws Chris and Shirley Johnson.