Bonnie Lou Wilken, 84

Sunday, March 17, 2013 2:52 PM Bonnie Lou Wilken, 84, of Sedalia passed peacefully to be with the Lord on March 16, 2013 at University Medical Center in Columbia, MO. She was born on February 8, 1929, in rural Crawford County IA, the daughter of Raymond A. and Opal (Walworth) Crampton.

She attended schools in rural Crawford County and graduated from Wall Lake Iowa High School in1946. She attended Normal school and taught school for three years. In May of 1949, in Wall Lake, IA, she married Paul J. Wilken, who survives of the home. The couple farmed in the Crawford and Sac County Iowa areas until they settled south of Sedalia in 1971. Bonnie worked in retail for several years and volunteered at Open Door. She was an active member of: Our Savior Lutheran Church, Sedalia, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, Quilters and the card clubs at church. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Don and an infant son, Neil. Besides her husband she is survived by, one daughter Nancy (Russell) Shewmaker of Jonesboro, AR; two sons, Charles (Deborah) Wilken of Chanute ,KS and Bill (Debra) Wilken of Cole Camp, MO; nine grandchildren; two great  grandchildren; two brothers, Herb and Bob Crampton, and one sister Eula Mae Freese. Services will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Our Savior Lutheran Church Sedalia, MO.  Family will receive friends one hour prior to service. Memorials are suggested to, The Radio Ministry of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Sedalia, Mo. Arrangements under the direction of Rea Funeral Chapel.