- Date Of Birth: July 22, 1930
- Date Of Death: September 21, 2013
- State: Indiana
Bonnie J. Bahr, 83, of Vincennes passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013, at the Daviess Community Hospital. She was born July 22, 1930, in Knox County the daughter of Claude “Vernie” & Edith K. Wampler Swope. She was a 1948 graduate of Lincoln High School, she married James “Jim” Bahr and they made their life together until his death in 1996. She was a clerk for many years at Hallmark Gift and cards. She always knew where to find the right card. Always a genteel lady, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved the music of all types and she was an avid sports enthusiast when her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were involved. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church and she would attend Sacred Heart.
She is survived by her family, Robert “Bob” Bahr of Vincennes, Jean Brown, and her husband Larry of Vincennes and Jan Bahr of Vincennes. Her grandchildren, Bob Bahr Jr, and his wife Darcie, Chris Copp, and his wife Sarah, Jana Drone, Larry J. Brown, Aaron Bahr, Rani Bahr and a nephew whom she thought of as one of her grandchildren, Mike Swope. Her great-grandchildren, Jayda Drone, Courtney Copp, Logan Brown, Lennon Brown, Sarah Phillippe, Mary Bahr, Zoey Bahr and Charlotte Bahr. Her Brother, James Swope, her brother-in-law, Don Bahr, her sisters-in-law, Betty Bahr and Norma Bahr all of Vincennes. Her nieces, nephews and cousins whom she felt as if they were all her close family, will also miss her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Bahr, her parents, and 2 brothers in law, Richard Bahr and William Bahr.
