Bonnie Hennessy

Bonnie Jean Hennessy, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center.

She was born April 20, 1928, in Willow Springs, Missouri, to William Wade and Bertha Rozella Cobel Belshe. She and Thomas J. Hennessy were married May 15, 1949, at Willow Springs. He preceded her in death Jan. 2, 2013.

She was a graduate of Willow Springs High School and attended Missouri State University.

Bonnie operated her own blueprint shop, worked for Welcome Wagon in Cape Girardeau and retired from Sears-Roebuck, where she was a sales representative in the appliances and television department. Additionally, she worked as a real estate agent.

She was a member of Abbey Road Christian Church. She was also a member of Women's Federated Club, Campfire Girls, Elks Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Beta Sigma Phi sorority. She was a great advocate of bridge.

Survivors include her two daughters, Lisa Lee (Rodney) Denman of Farmington, Missouri, and Robin Rae Hennessy of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Deanna Lee Estes of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Wade Dean (Freda) Belshe of Licking, Missouri; four grandchildren, Ashlee Brooke (Mehdi Loukili) Denman of Farmington, Rodney Taylor Denman of Austin, Texas, Karter Shipley Denman of St. Louis and Travis Wade Fellows of Cape Girardeau; two nieces, Susan (Steve) Skyles of Cabool, Missouri, and Leslie (Jeff) Peede of Mountain Home, Arkansas; and a nephew, Jamie (Sidney) Estes of St. Louis.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a nephew, Kyle Dean Belshe.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Stan Hargis officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Missouri Veterans Home, 2400 Veterans Memorial Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 or Southeast Hospice, 10 Doctors' Park, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.