Submitted by: Dan Rich

Bonnie Rae Botka

Sept. 24, 1935 - July 3, 2006

South Bend Tribune 7/6/2006

Bonnie Rae Botka, 70, of South Bend, passed away of natural causes on Monday morning, July 3, 2006, in her home. She was born September 24, 1935, in South Bend, to the late James A. Roseboom and Henrietta Miltenberger.

On March 29, 1990, she married Louis E. Botka, who survives along with her sisters, Vivian Plummer of Walkerton, IN, and Dolores Richardson of Las Vegas, NV; her mother-in-law, Mary R. Botka of Kalamazoo, MI; sisters-in-law, Shirley and Michael Kucharski of Granger, IN, and Janet and Kevin Kelly of Otsego, MI; brother-in-law, Stephen P. Botka of South Bend; and many nieces and nephews.

She was also predeceased by her brother, Billy Joe Roseboom, half sister, Marie Van Kirk, and half brother, Ralph Henry.

Private family services will be held. The Welsheimer Family Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.