Bonnie Lee Clevenger Hedges

CENTERVILLE, Ind. – Bonnie Lee Clevenger Hedges, age 90, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Friends Fellowship Community in Richmond, where she had been a resident for 4 ½ years. Mrs. Hedges was the daughter of Charles Everett and Doris Dickson Clevenger, and was born February 14, 1923, on the family farm southwest of Centerville. She was a life-long resident of Wayne County. Bonnie was a graduate of Milton School, studied at John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, and was a 1945 graduate of Earlham College, majoring in art and English. During World War II, she worked at a Perfect Circle plant and later taught second and fifth grades and high school classes in the Centerville-Abington schools. She was a member and a Sunday School teacher at Doddridge Chapel Methodist Church, where the Clevenger family was one of five founding families of the church and its community in 1814. Bonnie was a member of the Lohmad Study Club, a founding member of the county’s National Alliance on Mental Illness, an Abington Township Trustee, an avid painter, and a member of several art associations, including the Richmond Art Association. Bonnie is survived by her husband of nearly 68 years, Paul Herbert Hedges of Centerville; daughter, Priscilla Black Duncan of Montgomery, Alabama; two sons, Peter Cameron Hedges (fiancé Diana K. Bane) and Wendell Paul (Vicki) Hedges, both of Centerville; two grandchildren, Justin (Sheila) Hedges of Auburn, Maine, and Sarah Hedges of Boston, Massachusetts; two great-grandsons, Garrett and Carter Hedges of Maine; and two nieces, Christina Clevenger and Vicki Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Ralph “Bud” Clevenger; and a son, Patrick Allan Hedges. Visitation for Bonnie Lee Clevenger Hedges will be from 4 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Doan & Mills Funeral Home, 790 National Road West, Richmond. Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013, at Doddridge Chapel, 9470 Chapel Road, Centerville, followed by burial in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Doddridge Chapel Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 113, Centerville, IN 47330. Condolences may be sent to the family via the guest book at www.doanmillsfuneralhome.com.

Bonnie Lee Clevenger Hedges

February 14, 1923 - May 17, 2013