Bonnie Bell Jewell

Bonnie Bell Jewell, 81, of Raymore, Missouri passed away on June 20, 2023. She was the eighth of nine children.  Bonnie was born on a farm in Lucerne, Missouri, on June 9, 1942, the daughter of Paul and Ethel (Hamilton) Valentine. She attended Putnam County High School through her junior year when she met Larry Jack, and they soon married on May 2nd, 1959, at West Liberty Baptist Church. They recently celebrated 64 years of marriage. They moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where she graduated from Southeast High School in 1961.  She worked at Sears Roebuck & Company in downtown Kansas City while attending her senior year in high school. After Jack was drafted into the Army they moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she continued to work for Sears in Hawaii.  In 1963, Jack was discharged from the Army. They moved to Kansas City where they eventually bought their first home in Grandview, Missouri.  Bonnie continued to work for Sears until 1972, and soon went to work for Marion Laboratories as a Quality Controller until her retirement in 1993. In 1999 they bought acreage in Raymore, Missouri, where they hosted many family gatherings, celebrations, and even a wedding.

Bonnie was a member of First Baptist Church of Grandview for more than 50 years.  She taught Sunday School, VBS, sang in the Choir, and helped prepare many funeral family dinners. She was skilled at sewing and cooking and enjoyed traveling and visiting family every chance she could.  She loved planting flowers and decorating her home. If you ever had the chance to visit their home, you were blessed to experience her great cooking and hospitality. Her most cherished moments were times spent with all her family around her at their home.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Ethel (Hamilton) Valentine, four brothers, Warner (Mary) Valentine, Joe (Fern) Valentine, Sammy (Mardell) Valentine, Victor Valentine, and two sisters, Alma (Bill) Valentine-Young, Jessie (Keith) Valentine-Worley.

Bonnie is survived by her husband, Larry Jack Jewell, and their two daughters, Stephanie and husband Kurt French and their daughter Emilee and husband Zach Klippert and grandson Kaneann; and daughter Staci and husband Art Peters and their eight children: Sarah and husband Connor Love, Victoria and husband Colson Brandt and their sons, Jude and Jameson, Anna, and Sarah Grace; and their four sons, Joseph, Jackson, Abenet, and Tony. She is also survived by two sisters, Amber Michael and Connie Valentine, and sister-in-law Opal Valentine. She also claimed their former foreign exchange student, Andrea Lucas de Silva from Brazil, as her daughter.

Bonnie fought several illnesses for a few years before she passed into Jesus' arms on June 20, 2023, at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  She was surrounded by her husband, daughters, granddaughter, and great grandson, all holding her hands and surrounding her with prayer.

Funeral services for Bonnie Jewell will be at Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home in Unionville, Missouri, at 11:00 am on Friday, June 30, 2023, with visitation one hour prior to the service.  Interment will be at the West Liberty Cemetery in Putnam County.

A Memorial/Celebration of Life service will be held at the First Baptist Church located on Main Street in Grandview, Missouri, at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 1, 2023.  A short reception will follow the service.

Memorials may be made payable to the West Liberty Cemetery and entrusted with Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home, 709 S. 27th St., Unionville, MO  63565.