Bonnie Gunsaulus

Bonnie M. Gunsaulus passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2013 in Baton Rouge, LA. Born in 1924 in New Orleans, she was daughter of Bonnibel Doan and Warren Vernon Miller, cofounder and first president of the Sugar Bowl Association. She was baptized, married, and confirmed at St. Andrews on Carrollton Street in New Orleans. After graduating at sixteen from Isadore Newman High School in New Orleans, she went to New Mexico State and later graduated with a major in chemistry from Iowa State where she met her future husband, Robert K. Gunsaulus, a mechanical engineer from Akron, Ohio. They married on December 28, 1943 in New Orleans and spent 67 devoted years together. A member of P.E.O. for 72 years, Bonnie was president of Chapters P Michigan and AH Ohio, member of Louisiana Chapter C and Louisiana P.E.O. State President in 1992. An avid pianist and musiclover, Bonnie also belonged to A.A.U.W., MENSA, and local neighborhood associations and womens clubs. She had a special interest in genealogy, being a member of the D.A.R. and D.A.C., and belonged to the Welles, Wilcoxson, Curtis, and Doane Family Associations as well as to Magna Charta Dames and Barons. She has been a member of Chi Omega for over 71 years. Bonnie worked for three years as a chemist before starting her family and later worked in the Mentor, Ohio school libraries after two years of library studies at the local community college. She is survived by three children, Jane Weisenbacher of Bridgeville, PA, Lesley Tierra of Ben Lomond, CA, and Richard Gunsaulus of Highland Heights, OH and six grandchildren, Lesley Weisenbacher of Chicago, IL, Noel Weisenbacher of Longmont, CO., Nancy Weisenbacher of Chicago, IL, Chetan Tierra of San Diego, CA., and Megan and Colleen Gunsaulus of Highland Heights, OH., all of whom will miss her greatly. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1 pm at Lake Sherwood Retirement Village, 4101 Plaza Tower Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70816. Please visit www.resthavenbatonrouge.com to sign the online guestbook.

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