Bonnie Belle Bauer was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 15, 1883. She was the sixth of seven daughters born to Christian Frederick Bauer (1846-1915) and Martha C. Wineter Bauer (1850-1921).
On June 15, 1904, Bonnie married LeRoy Nelson, and with him she had a son, Fred Bauer Nelson (1905-1965). On September 27, 1910, she married Edward Motron Shannon (1887-1942) of Lenape, Kansas. With him, she had three sons: Robert "Bob" (1911-1979), Edward Motron, Jr. (1915-1985) and Charles William "Bill" (1917-1976). The family first lived on Edward's chicken ranch in Lenape, then after Bill was born, they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Bonnie learned hairdressing and taught school part-time.
In 1928, the Shannon family moved to Pomona, California, where Bonnie opened the Palais Beauty Salon at 267 S. Locust Street; later in the Hotel Edgar (today's Mayfair Hotel). A loving and devoted mother, Bonnie Shannon died of liver cancer at Madison Hospital in Los Angeles in 1939, greatly mourned by all who knew her.
On June 15, 1904, Bonnie married LeRoy Nelson, and with him she had a son, Fred Bauer Nelson (1905-1965). On September 27, 1910, she married Edward Motron Shannon (1887-1942) of Lenape, Kansas. With him, she had three sons: Robert "Bob" (1911-1979), Edward Motron, Jr. (1915-1985) and Charles William "Bill" (1917-1976). The family first lived on Edward's chicken ranch in Lenape, then after Bill was born, they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Bonnie learned hairdressing and taught school part-time.
In 1928, the Shannon family moved to Pomona, California, where Bonnie opened the Palais Beauty Salon at 267 S. Locust Street; later in the Hotel Edgar (today's Mayfair Hotel). A loving and devoted mother, Bonnie Shannon died of liver cancer at Madison Hospital in Los Angeles in 1939, greatly mourned by all who knew her.
Bonnie Belle Bauer was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 15, 1883. She was the sixth of seven daughters born to Christian Frederick Bauer (1846-1915) and Martha C. Wineter Bauer (1850-1921).
On June 15, 1904, Bonnie married LeRoy Nelson, and with him she had a son, Fred Bauer Nelson (1905-1965). On September 27, 1910, she married Edward Motron Shannon (1887-1942) of Lenape, Kansas. With him, she had three sons: Robert "Bob" (1911-1979), Edward Motron, Jr. (1915-1985) and Charles William "Bill" (1917-1976). The family first lived on Edward's chicken ranch in Lenape, then after Bill was born, they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Bonnie learned hairdressing and taught school part-time.
In 1928, the Shannon family moved to Pomona, California, where Bonnie opened the Palais Beauty Salon at 267 S. Locust Street; later in the Hotel Edgar (today's Mayfair Hotel). A loving and devoted mother, Bonnie Shannon died of liver cancer at Madison Hospital in Los Angeles in 1939, greatly mourned by all who knew her.
On June 15, 1904, Bonnie married LeRoy Nelson, and with him she had a son, Fred Bauer Nelson (1905-1965). On September 27, 1910, she married Edward Motron Shannon (1887-1942) of Lenape, Kansas. With him, she had three sons: Robert "Bob" (1911-1979), Edward Motron, Jr. (1915-1985) and Charles William "Bill" (1917-1976). The family first lived on Edward's chicken ranch in Lenape, then after Bill was born, they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Bonnie learned hairdressing and taught school part-time.
In 1928, the Shannon family moved to Pomona, California, where Bonnie opened the Palais Beauty Salon at 267 S. Locust Street; later in the Hotel Edgar (today's Mayfair Hotel). A loving and devoted mother, Bonnie Shannon died of liver cancer at Madison Hospital in Los Angeles in 1939, greatly mourned by all who knew her.
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