Bonnie graduated from Clinton High School in 1941, attended college in Warrensburg, Missouri and then moved to Rolla, Missouri where she met and married William Cairns.
Williams Cairns pursued a career in the Air Force, so Bonnie travelled widely in the United States and the Far East. While living at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, she completed her college degree and graduated from the University of the Philippines.
When the family returned to the United States, Bonnie worked as part of the staff at the Park Place Library for 20 years. After retirement, she devoted much of her time and energy as a member of the altar guild at St, John’s Episcopal Church in La Porte, teaching ESL classes, and belonging to an aerobics class. Her interests included family, sewing, reading, traveling, and spending a week each summer at Pirate’s Beach in Galveston...
Bonnie is survived by her sisters, Rosemary and Shelia; brothers Bob and George Lilleston ; 3 sons, Bill and Deb Cairns, Dan and Sandi Cairns; Jay Cairns, and daughter Laura; 7 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Bill, brother Earle, sister, Shirley, and nephew, Roger.
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