Carol Bohner, 87, of Perry passed away Friday, July 24, 2020, at the Rowley Masonic Community in Perry, Iowa.
Carol’s memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 28 at 10:30 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home and Cremation Care in Perry. Visitation will be Monday, July 27 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Out of courtesy for those attending, Carol’s family requires that face masks be worn at both the visitation and memorial service. Burial will be in the Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry.
Memorials will be given to EveryStep Hospice and may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent at www.carrisfuneralhome.com.
Carol Joanne Bohner was born Oct. 1, 1932, in Dallas Center, Iowa, to William Adam and Eva Pauline (Miller) Zimmerman.
She attended school at Dallas Center High School with the class of 1950 and then the Iowa School of Beauty Culture in Des Moines.
Carol was united in marriage to Richard Edward Bohner Dec. 26, 1952.
She worked at New Utica, the First National Bank in Perry, off and on at Woodward State Hospital and was the owner of Carol’s Beauty Salon.
Carol was a member of the First Baptist Church in Perry.
She loved being outdoors, spending time with her grandchildren and writing cards to her family and friends.
In death she rejoins her husband, Richard; parents, William and Eva; four brothers, Lawrence, Bill, Ralph and Harold; six sisters, Lillian, Hazel, Margaret, Dorothy, Jean and June; two sons-in-law, Terrance Keenan and John Kinder; and a grandson, Brian Davis.
Left to cherish Carol’s memory are her children, Cynthia (Jeff) McCann of Pennsylvania, Debbie Jones of Iowa, Denise (Keith) Davis of Iowa, Carla Kinder of Arkansas and Richard Bohner of Nebraska; 15 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Grace Westerbeck of Colorado and Rose Travis of Texas; and a close friend, Cathy Blaser of Iowa.
