Elroy Bonerz, 1922–1995 (aged 73 years)
- Name
- Elroy /Bonerz/
- Given names
- Elroy
- Surname
- Bonerz
| Birth | February 15, 1922 Highlighted image: Y |
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| Occupation | Note: Grocer, co-owner of Marquette Foods and Shirley Park Foods.
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| 30th President of the United States | Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923 (aged 1 year) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Peter Bonerz September 28, 1924 (aged 2 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Burial of a paternal grandfather | Peter Bonerz October 1, 1924 (aged 2 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Barbara Schwendel May 7, 1926 (aged 4 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Burial of a paternal grandmother | Barbara Schwendel May 10, 1926 (aged 4 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Death of a mother | … Margarita October 6, 1928 (aged 6 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Burial of a mother | … Margarita October 10, 1928 (aged 6 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| 31st President of the United States | Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929 (aged 7 years) |
| 32nd President of the United States | Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933 (aged 11 years) |
| 33rd President of the United States | Harry S Truman April 12, 1945 (aged 23 years) |
| 34th President of the United States | Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953 (aged 30 years) |
| 35th President of the United States | John F Kennedy January 20, 1961 (aged 38 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph P. Bonerz August 21, 1963 (aged 41 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Burial of a father | Joseph P. Bonerz August 24, 1963 (aged 41 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| 36th President of the United States | Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963 (aged 41 years) |
| 37th President of the United States | Richard Nixon January 20, 1969 (aged 46 years) |
| 38th President of the United States | Gerald Ford August 9, 1974 (aged 52 years) |
| 39th President of the United States | Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977 (aged 54 years) |
| 40th President of the United States | Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981 (aged 58 years) |
| 41st President of the United States | George H W Bush January 20, 1989 (aged 66 years) |
| 42nd President of the United States | Bill Clinton January 20, 1993 (aged 70 years) |
| Notes | [MagSolch.FTW] A bachelor, Bonerz "loved to go out to eat, loved crowds of people,love d to be the center of attention and loved a good party." Heenjoyed goi ng to the opera in Chicago, and he had Melody Top ticketsfrom the day t he theater opened in 1953 to when it closed in 1986. "Hehad a tailgate p arty every second Wednesday of whatever show was on.Actors, technicians a nd anyone else from the theater were welcome tothe outdoor parties, and m any became part of a second family forBonerz. In February 1972, the pudgy balding Bonerz decided to celebrate his50th b irthday with a wake. A lifelike image of him lay in a plainplywood cof fin decorated with cucumbers, cauliflower, onions andmushrooms gathered f rom his grocery store. Nearly 500 people troopedinto a basement to pay t heir respects to the grocer. Friends - somekneeling - burst into laught er when Bonerz appeared from one side ofthe coffin and thanked them for c oming. "Don't I look natural," hewould say. (from his obituary) [more t o be added] He died of heart failure twenty years later. Soc Sec Death Index lists Elroy Bonerz 15 Feb 1922 - 9 Jul 1995,Residen ce Milw 53209, SSN 392-14-6912 Elroy with his partner Don Brenzel were the former owners of MarquetteF oods and Shirley Park Foods. He was a WWII Army Veteran having served in the European Theater. |
| Notes | [MagSolch.FTW] A bachelor, Bonerz "loved to go out to eat, loved crowds of people,love d to be the center of attention and loved a good party." Heenjoyed goi ng to the opera in Chicago, and he had Melody Top ticketsfrom the day t he theater opened in 1953 to when it closed in 1986. "Hehad a tailgate p arty every second Wednesday of whatever show was on.Actors, technicians a nd anyone else from the theater were welcome tothe outdoor parties, and m any became part of a second family forBonerz. In February 1972, the pudgy balding Bonerz decided to celebrate his50th b irthday with a wake. A lifelike image of him lay in a plainplywood cof fin decorated with cucumbers, cauliflower, onions andmushrooms gathered f rom his grocery store. Nearly 500 people troopedinto a basement to pay t heir respects to the grocer. Friends - somekneeling - burst into laught er when Bonerz appeared from one side ofthe coffin and thanked them for c oming. "Don't I look natural," hewould say. (from his obituary) [more t o be added] He died of heart failure twenty years later. Soc Sec Death Index lists Elroy Bonerz 15 Feb 1922 - 9 Jul 1995,Residen ce Milw 53209, SSN 392-14-6912 Elroy with his partner Don Brenzel were the former owners of MarquetteF oods and Shirley Park Foods. He was a WWII Army Veteran having served in the European Theater. |
| Death | July 9, 1995 (aged 73 years) Highlighted image: Y |
| Religion | Note: Roman Catholic
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| Unique identifier | 76AFFCA234B54B9C8F3C7E50C03280A84622 |
| Last change | February 23, 2016 |