Springfield, MO -  Bonnie Cook Raper, 93, Springfield, Mo., died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 1997, in St. John’s Regional health Center after a short illness.

She was born Dec. 3, 1903 in Fairview, Mo., east of Union city, Mo., in Stone county. A homemaker, she was the daughter of James Garfield and Sophia Ann Lee Cook. In her early youth, she attended the Ozark Wesleyan College in Marionville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Arthur Raper, Sr., and a son, Max Donald Raper.

She is survived by a daughter, Maryan Smith, Springfield,; two sons, James A. Raper Jr., Springfield, and Roger Wayne Raper, Kirbyville, Mo.; a sister, Flossie Thompson, Aurora, Mo,; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was devoted to her family and will be greatly missed.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 1997 in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, south of Clever, with the Rev. James R. Hagan officiating under direction of Klinger Mortuary, Springfield. 

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the mortuary.

Published in the Springfield News Leader, June 1997; Contributed by: Jan Lowry
[Bonnie Cook Raper is the daughter of Sophia Ann Lee and James Garfield Cook]