Funeral services for Bonnie Durick, age 52, of Lemmon, will be 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at the Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lemmon. Pastor Webster P. Brower will officiate with burial Greenhill Cemetery.


Serving as casketbearers will be Ruth Adams, Susan Buer, Debbie Wenner, Nancy Short, Lavonne Foss, Carol Kling, Nancy Maier, Linda Evridge and Pat Kochel.


This past week Bonnie Jean Durick had her last wish; she returned to Lemmon which has always been home, the place where she belonged, among friends, familiar surroundings and especially her dog and constant companion, Gidget. "I want to go home to Mom and Dad", that was all she needed to say for friends to prepare for her home-coming and reunion.


The very first time she came home was May 30, 1956 when her parents, Gene and Maxine Durick embraced their new born daughter. On her final return many friends and family were on hand to greet her. Their love and smiles triggered a flood of good memories; her spirit was relaxed as she recalled the early childhood years of games and pranks and birthday parties. Going over the 1974 Lemmon High School class list, she was reminded of the dances, cheerleading, track and the things high school girls talk and laugh about. Remembered were also the fun filled days with family and friends at the Shadehill Reservoir.


Some of Bonnie's closest attachments were the animals which were always prancing about her feet or jumping on her bed. Hers was a lifelong love for animals. In recent times she and her dog Gidget were inseparable in their care for each other. Her small collection of ceramic figurines reveals her fascination with pigs, but no animal was excluded from her love. She remarked once how in the early hours of the day that the cooing of the morning dove was the most beautiful sound.


Nothing would ever replace the more than twenty years of cultivating the earth with her former husband Darryl Dix. The change of the seasons framed her life and reminded her that there were new beginnings in all of life. 2005 was truly a new beginning when nothing less than a miracle restored her life after she was declared medically dead. At one point she said "The hardest thing about being alone was the absence of the human touch." Those who were around her, who came by and hugged her, who sent cards and flowers, who called on the phone, reminded Bonnie that she would never again be alone or be far from the touch of their love.


Though her family is small in number, the friends who dropped by in these last three days brought life and hope, joy and peace, and enlarging her sense of family and belonging. In the early hours of Saturday June 28, 2008 Bonnie passed away quietly as the doves began their morning song.


Bonnie is survived by one brother, David Durick, Lemmon; and her special pet dog, Gidget.


She was preceded in death by her father Gene, on May 20, 2007; her mother, Maxine, on June 12, 2006; and one brother Dennis Durick.




In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Lemmon Senior Citizens Center and the Lemmon Food Pantry.