Bonibel Ara Rindels was born on December 10, 1899, at Academy, South Dakota to Benjamin and Jennie (Colton) Burr. She grew up in the Academy area attending grade school and high school, and she was graduated from Ward Academy High School with the class of 1919. Bonibel received a teaching certificate from Black Hills State Teachers College. She taught country schools in the Academy and Bijou Hills area prior to her marriage.
Bonibel married Henry Rindels of Bijou Hills on June 30, 1924. They were the owners and operators of the creamery, ice cream and candy store in Bijou Hills until the spring of 1929 when they started farming in the Bijou Hills area. They moved to the Burr homestead near Academy in 1933. In 1936, at the depths of the depression, they moved to southern California settling in El Monte.
They were active members of Trinity Reformed Church. Bonibel spent many years as one of the church organists and also sang in the church choir. In 1945, the family moved back to South Dakota, settling on a farm south of Mitchell. During her years in Mitchell, she and her husband were active members of the Congregational Church. For many years they were active members of the Sunshine Extension Club. In 1996, she moved to San Antonio to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Marjorie and John Bloomfield.
She is survived by her four children; Richard Rindels and wife, Jean, Gillette, Wyoming, Gladys Dickinson and husband, Kenneth, Logan Lake, British Columbia, Dorothy Stacey and Husband, Lionel, Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Marjorie Bloomfield and husband, John, San Antonio, Texas; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-four great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; and a niece, Doris Wynia and husband, Howard, Springfield, South Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, and three sisters.
Bonibel Ara Rindels was born on December 10, 1899, at Academy, South Dakota to Benjamin and Jennie (Colton) Burr. She grew up in the Academy area attending grade school and high school, and she was graduated from Ward Academy High School with the class of 1919. Bonibel received a teaching certificate from Black Hills State Teachers College. She taught country schools in the Academy and Bijou Hills area prior to her marriage.
Bonibel married Henry Rindels of Bijou Hills on June 30, 1924. They were the owners and operators of the creamery, ice cream and candy store in Bijou Hills until the spring of 1929 when they started farming in the Bijou Hills area. They moved to the Burr homestead near Academy in 1933. In 1936, at the depths of the depression, they moved to southern California settling in El Monte.
They were active members of Trinity Reformed Church. Bonibel spent many years as one of the church organists and also sang in the church choir. In 1945, the family moved back to South Dakota, settling on a farm south of Mitchell. During her years in Mitchell, she and her husband were active members of the Congregational Church. For many years they were active members of the Sunshine Extension Club. In 1996, she moved to San Antonio to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Marjorie and John Bloomfield.
She is survived by her four children; Richard Rindels and wife, Jean, Gillette, Wyoming, Gladys Dickinson and husband, Kenneth, Logan Lake, British Columbia, Dorothy Stacey and Husband, Lionel, Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Marjorie Bloomfield and husband, John, San Antonio, Texas; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-four great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; and a niece, Doris Wynia and husband, Howard, Springfield, South Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, and three sisters.
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