Lozier
Bonawitz, 78
Moorhead
- Lozier E. Bonawitz, 78, of Moorhead, died on
Friday, December 19, 2003, at the VA Medical Center
in Fargo, N.D.
A
memorial service was held on Monday, Dec. 22, at
St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Fargo,
N.D.
Lozier
Earl Bonawitz, known as Bonnie, was born August 29,
1925, to Raymond and Agnes (Nelson) Bonawitz in
Greenbush. The family moved when he was an infant
to the Fargo-Moorhead area where he grew up and
received his education.
During
WWII, he served in the US Navy from 1943 to 1946
and was stationed in the South Pacific. After his
discharge he returned to the Fargo-Moorhead area.
On March 27, 1948, Lozier was married to Grace
Bradley in Fargo.
Lozier
was a partner in Woodard and Bonawitz, Moorhead,
where he did painting and decorating. In 1957 he
started his own business, Bonawitz Furniture
Refinishing, which he sold to his son in 1975. He
remained active in the business as well as buying
and selling antique furniture and antique furniture
repair until Nov. of 2002.
Survivors
include his wife, Grace of Moorhead; a son, Dale of
Moorhead; a brother, Harold (Joyce) of Moorhead; a
sister, Betty (Wallace) Grund of Fargo; two
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; three
sisters, Darlene, Ruth, and Marie; and three
brothers, Alvin, Lester, and Raynold.
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