Bonnie J. Woolley

2025 - 2025

Bonnie Jean Woolley

02/20/1935 - 09/25/25

Salt Lake City, UT-Bonnie Jean Woolley passed onto a higher cloud of light and into the arms of Jesus on the morning of September 25, 2025 at the age of 90. She was an amazing citizen of the world with the most incredible memory, sharp wit, and a loving independent spirit. Bonnie was born in the same house as her sister Dorothy in Somerset, Colorado on February 20, 1935, to Richard S. and Murial June Woolley. She could reminisce about those early days of her life from the time she was less than two. She could remember the name of almost everyone in that small town and many experiences that most people long forget from that age. She left Somerset at the age of eight when the family moved to Sunnyside, UT where she finished grade school and rode her treasured bicycle up and down the dusty streets. The bicycle still exists and has been refurbished; she loved to look at it and sit on it and tell stories about her "riding and riding and riding it". At the age of twelve the family moved to a house in Salt Lake City, UT where she lived until the date of her passing. Bonnie attended Granite High School during the 50's and the Sock-Hop Era in Salt Lake and recently attended her 70th class reunion, which she spoke of fondly and greatly enjoyed. One of her first jobs was as a floor salesclerk at JC Penney, but she eventually ended up at the Salt Lake City accounting firm of Lamar, Laver, and Rawlins as the only Administrative Assistant in the office. "The everything girl" she used to say. That firm was sold a couple of times, and she ended up at Ernst and Young where she worked for 35 plus years. She trained new office administrators and was instrumental in all the recruiting and hiring of new accountants. She always made sure the office kitchen was clean. She retired in 2003 at the age of 68 and took to the task of traveling and taking care of the little house that she loved and lived in, independently, for 78 years. Bonnie was an amazing Gardner. She easily had the best garden in the neighborhood filled with award winning roses and her beloved iris. Her house and yard sparkled in the spring, summer and fall, and she always supplied the neighborhood with fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. She was a member of The Iris Society of Salt Lake City and attended her meetings and grew her Iris proudly. If she touched a plant of any kind, it would certainly grow. She was a gifted Gardner. She traveled extensively with her Nieces and Nephews. She went to Hawaii, an Alaska Cruise, Mexico, a Norwegian Cruise, England and numerous other places within the United States. She always boasted about while on a tour of Buckingham palace, and because we were pushing her in a wheelchair and she was cute as ever, the guard gave her special privilege to use the Queen's bathroom. She also was extremely fond of Jackson's Hole Wyoming. Bonnie was very active in Utah Republican Politics. She served as the precinct captain many times and attended numerous State conventions. She loved her politics and the way government worked. She could almost recite the constitution and kept a copy of it in her living room. Her first election She voted in was for President Dwight D Eisenhower, and her last was for President Donald J Trump, she was proud of that. She could talk at length and took pride that she was totally up to date on the current events of the day. It was rare when she didn't know about every current event. One of her great joys in life was watching Utah Jazz Basketball, and Utah Utes Football. She attended many games in person. She could tell you the names of the players, where they were from, their stats, and the standings. She knew the rules and strategy of the game better than most and rooted loud and hard when her team was winning. Bonnie was a member of the Greatest Generation and an exceptional patriot. She never made a lot of money, but she always found money in her budget to give to veteran organizations such as Tunnels to Towers, Disabled Veterans, and Paralyzed Vets.

Bonnie excelled most in her role as an Aunt, a Great Aunt, and a Great Great Aunt, and overall, just a really great Aunt. She was Matriarch that could remember the names of every family member, who they married, how they lived and when and why they died. She was the family encyclopedia that everyone relied on, the person that when you asked a question about the family, she knew the answer. She was always the one to make the food, to have picnic, to bring the essentials. She was the standard in the family for Christmas wrapping. She never forgot a birthday or anniversary, and she was always the one to put flowers on the graves of family members back two to three generations. She always bragged that she had the best sister, Dorothy, in the world because Dorothy left all four of her children to her. She became the mom, the grandmother the great grandmother and great great grandmother of the next generations of family and was loved by all. She was the grandmother of her neighborhood as well. Kids that are grown and have families of their own today came to her back door for cookies and played football on her front lawn, and then the next generations continued ringing the doorbell and playing on her lawn, and she continued to have the sweets. She distributed her vegetables in the summer, her fruitcakes at Christmas, and her highly sought after Caramels. She would sometimes make 30 plus batches starting after Halloween to supply the family in their Christmas boxes, and to distribute to the neighborhood and her friends. All that and she had the most beautiful garden for all to look at and enjoy. She is preceded in death by her father Richard S. Woolley, mother Murial June Woolley, and Sister Dorothy W Moulton. She is survived by her nephew Richard D Moulton, niece Karen Kristine Woolley, nephew Robert D Moulton, nephew Daniel D Moulton, nine great nieces and nephews and 12 great great nieces and nephews. Bonnie Jean Woolley will be greatly missed but long remembered; she was loved by all that knew her. Current and future generations will pass along her stories and continue her amazing legacy.

Services are at 10:00 AM on Friday October 10, 2025, at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery and Mortuary 3401 S Highland Dr Millcreek, UT 84106. Visitation is at 9:00 AM and Graveside services and lunch will follow chapel service. In lieu of flowers Bonnie would appreciate a donation be given in her name to Tunnels to Towers, Disabled Veterans, or Paralyzed Veterans.