Clara M. Bohonek
Clara M. Bohonek, went to be with our Lord Jesus on Sunday, May 23, 2021.
Clara was born in Elgin, Iowa, on Aug. 23, 1923. She was raised in Minnesota, Iowa and California. Clara got married in 1942 in California, where she had five children. She later moved to Iowa and met her husband, Edward Bohonek, and they married on Nov. 21, 1959. Together, they had five more children.
Clara was a member of the Homemakers and the Eagles Club in Prairie du Chien. After moving to Platteville, she joined the VFW Auxiliary. Clara loved spending time with her family, sewing, fishing, gardening, traveling, doing puzzles, and cooking. She later loved living at Park Place and spending time with her friends.
She will be greatly missed by many. She is survived by her children, Gerald (Janet) Wheeland, Peg Puhl, Sandra Nicholson, Wanda (Ival) Justice, Dean Wheeland, John Bohonek, James Bohonek, Lois Hartnett, Marie (Preston) Johansen, and Beth (Mark) Vasquez. She was also blessed with 27 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren; two siblings, Glennie (John) Hoover and Roy (Ann) Bredfield.
Clara was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edward; three siblings, Helen, Jim, and Gerald; son, James; four great-grandchildren; and four sons-in-law.
The family would like to thank Park Place for giving Clara a home she loved so much, St. Croix Hospice, Edenbrook, and all of her doctors and nurses.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, at the Melby Funeral Home and Crematory in Platteville. Burial will be at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery in Eastman. Friends may call Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Clara Bohonek Memorial Fund. Online condolences can be left at www.melbyfh.com.