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Letters to the Editor: A fitting tribute to a great lady - Bonnie Bennett

Editor:

How very befitting and kind for you to honor the memory, the legacy, the wonderment of Bonnie Bennett ... your legendary former newspaper carrier.

I said to our own Havre Daily News carrier, "You are filling some mighty big shoes. Bonnie Bennett delivered this very paper, perhaps had your route."

My late husband, Dick Schafer, had said that "the entire Hi-Line took care of Bonnie," and he added, "In essence, I think she takes care of all of us."

For me, I will remember Bonnie, always on the job, at the Eagles Thursday night dinners, proudly dispensing the rolls and butter — after greeting everyone — making sure we all had a ticket for free dinner draw.

I know Bonnie is home in the arms of her Lord and, oh, the welcome she must have received, and, oh, the smiles and the hugs.

I just saw her, two days before her journey on earth ended, downtown, on 3rd Avenue, and as I waved, she said, "I have to go, I have work to get done. I have to go ... ," and she walked on, right toward heaven.

In the annals of Havre history, no one will, or should ever, forget a true angel who walked among us. How blessed we have been.

RIP sweet Bonnie ...

Carolaine Schafer

Havre

 

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