Bonnie Ruth Greene, age 97, passed away July 25, 2021, in Burlington, Washington. She was born June 19, 1924, in Logan, Iowa to Albert and Ruth (Peterson) Ellerbeck. Born in Iowa, Bonnie moved with her family to Washington as a teen and graduated from Anacortes High. In 1946, she married Charles Byham and moved to Sedro-Woolley where she lived for many years and raised her family. Widowed in 1990, Bonnie married Leon Greene in 1999. She and Leon were very happily married until his death in 2014. Bonnie continued to live in Sedro-Woolley until her move to Burlington in 2017.
Bonnie is survived by her children, Jane Bechtloff of Mountlake Terrace, WA, James and his wife, Charlene Byham of Santee, California, and Richard and his wife, Karlyn Byham of Seattle, WA; grandchildren, Robert Bechtloff, Jr., Ryan Bechtloff, McKenzie Pang and Wesley Parker; great grandchildren, Paul, Luke, Archer and Graham Bechtloff and soon to be Jackson Parker.
A Graveside Inurnment will be held at 2:00pm, Sunday, August 22, 2021, at Union Cemetery, Sedro-Woolley, WA, Pastor Drew Frisbie presiding. Please share your memories of Bonnie and sign the online guest register.
I just learned of Bonnie’s passing. We were first cousins. I kept in touch with her almost prior to her passing. My parents, older brother, and I came to Washington on the train when I was a little girl. Bonnie was almost grown up by then. She was selling tickets at a theater in Mt. Vernon. We visited the farm. I never knew then I would also live in Washington one day. Her dad sent my brother and me out one day to find the needle in their haystack. My dad was the youngest Ellerbeck brother. I enjoyed the letters Bonnie wrote time.