Vada Juanita "Bonnie" Riggs Van Rheeden, 93, was born September 17, 1918 in St. Elmo, IL, the daughter of Roy L. and Clara (Van Gundy) Feezel. She passed away December 26, 2011 in El Reno, OK.
Bonnie was a retired municipal court clerk and enjoyed watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune every day at St. Katherine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno where she spent the last 18 months of her life. The family wishes to thank the staff of St. Katherine Drexel, the nursing staff of Mercy Hospital El Reno and the caring people at Grace Living Center of El Reno for keeping her last days comfortable.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Yukon and attended and volunteered regularly until her health prevented such activities.
Bonnie was preceded in death by Bennie Lee Riggs and LaRue W. Van Rheeden, three sisters, and one brother.
Survivors include sons, Gary L. Riggs and wife, Jeanne of Yukon and David E. Riggs and wife, Cheryl of Oklahoma City; step-daughters, Carol Ellinwood and husband Jeff of Rangely, ME and Nancy Weaver and husband Norm of Nokesville, VA; and many nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 30, 2011 in the Yanda & Son Funeral Home chapel. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Oklahoma City.