Aleda Uvon Marshall

Aleda Uvon Day was born February 27th, 1931, in Wichita, Kansas. Her younger siblings had difficulty pronouncing “Aleda Uvon” – it came out “Edabon” – which morphed into “Bonnie”, and the nickname stuck.

She was Promoted to Glory on July 1, 2025. She died peacefully in her sleep.

Bonnie grew up at the Wichita Citadel Corps, and represented the Central Territory at the International Salvationist Youth Congress of 1950 in London, where she delivered a speech to the 1200 delegates.

Lieutenant Paul Marshall was appointed to assist at Wichita Citadel, love blossomed, and Bonnie and Paul were married June 12th, 1951 – following the requisite correspondence, courtship, and engagement granted by Army leadership. Bonnie entered the training college and was commissioned in 1952.

Bonnie and Paul served as Salvation Army officers in Beatrice, Nebraska, Kansas City, and Chicago – with appointments as corps officers, at the Men’s Social Service Department, Metropolitan Social Services, Territorial Headquarters, and finally the School for Officers Training (as it was then known).

While stationed at THQ in Chicago, Bonnie was also active in the Business and Professional Women’s Club, eventually becoming Illinois State President. While her children did not know exactly what she did at BPW meetings, they did note that she came home reeking of cigarette smoke – presumably second-hand.

Bonnie was a musician, and sang with the Chicago Staff Songsters, as well as playing piano and organ at the corps and SFOT. She was a frequent soloist, and often sang Paul’s compositions, especially his setting of “’Mid All the Traffic”.

Bonnie and Paul were founding members and long-time soldiers of the Oakbrook Terrace Corps when Chicago Austin burned down and relocated. They retired from active service in May 1989, but remained faithful soldiers at OBT until moving to assisted living in Wichita in 2014.

Bonnie was preceded in death by Paul, who died in May of 2017 at the age of 93. Bonnie is survived by four children – Debbie Vaughn, Cliff Marshall, Julia Walters and Stephanie Anderson -- and five grandchildren.