- Date Of Birth: March 8, 1935
- Date Of Death: April 23, 2021
- State: Georgia
Bonnie Jean Stokes Motschman, 86, passed away at home in Statesboro, Georgia on April 23, 2021. She passed peacefully with family by her side.
Born March 8, 1935 in Ogden, Utah to Otto James Stokes and Freeda Heines Stokes, she graduated from San Bernardino High School and spent most of her life in Southern California. She was married and sealed for time and all eternity to Fred Earl Motschman in the St. George, UT Temple on March 26, 1955. They were married for 53 years before his passing in 2008. She lived in San Bernardino and later Crestline, CA before relocating to Florida, and then Georgia, to live with her daughter.
As a child, she was taught to have perfect penmanship. It was a source of pride along with her spelling ability which mainly came from having to copy pages of the dictionary as punishment for misbehaving in school. It was most often her unbridled tongue, (which she blamed on growing up near the railroad), that got her in trouble. Her dad taught her to play and love baseball, a sport he excelled at.
Bonnie is survived by her brothers Gary Stokes and Ray Stokes (Chris), her children Joyce Lemmon, Jennie Wilson (Jim), Caryn Powers (Darrell), Caryl Motschman (Bart Hisel), Julie Nix (Bruce) and Tim Motschman. She is also survived by a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and multiple granddogs, loving each one of them completely. Bonnie was proceeded in death by her loving husband and her eldest son Fred W. Motschman.
