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Annabelle (Bonnie) Hilger

Annabelle (Bonnie) Hilger, 90, Luverne, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at the Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Services were Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Luverne. The Rev. Judi Wiley officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne. Bonnie Martin was born to Henry and Daisy (Patterson) Martin on Feb. 18, 1914, in Canton, Ill. She attended and completed the 11th grade in Luverne. She married Daniel V. Turner on July 16, 1932, in Canton, S.D. Mr. Turner owned and operated the Luverne Announcer. In 1941 the family moved to Huntington Beach, Calif.She married Myron C. (Shorty) Hilger in 1947 in Las Vegas, Nev. They returned to Luverne to make their home. Mr. Hilger was in the accounting business and later went to work for Luverne Savings and Loan, serving as president for many years. Mr. Hilger died in 1997. She worked at Nelson Bros. Variety Store for many years and also did bookkeeping for McClure Electric. Mrs. Hilger was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Luverne. She enjoyed music, playing the piano and organ and singing with her sisters. She also enjoyed bridge club, knitting and traveling with her husband. Survivors include one daughter, Joyce (Bill) Sexton; grandchildren Jim (Georgeanna) Sexton, Jane (Rob) Andre, Tom Sexton, Jennifer (Jeffrey) Ornburg, Martha (Mark) Anderson and Chris Sexton; great-grandchildren Will Sexton, Aubrey Sexton, William Ornburg, Tommy Ornburg and Ella Rae Anderson; a son-in-law Dale L. Haggard; sisters-in-law Patty Martin, Helen Hilger Walker, Helen Hilger; nieces Ruth Hommen, Bette (Cleve) Tucker, Barbara (Ed) Ganey, Nancy Quinnette, Julie (Ernst) Fry, Joan Mc Guire; and nephews John Martin, Bill Martin, Bryce Davis, Bob (Cathy) Davis, David Davis and Vance Derigo. Mrs. Hilger was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Sonia (Sunny) Rae Haggard, Daniel Turner, her husband, M.C. Hilger, an infant grandson, John H. Haggard, three brothers, Richard, Raymond and Don Martin, three sisters, Jessie Roberts, Eva Davis and Joyce Derigo, two nephews, Richard L. Davis and Douglas W. Martin, and one niece, Nancy Hilger. A tree will be dedicated in memory of Bonnie Hilger by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital. Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.

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