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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 22, 2005, page 16
Includes portrait

WM. HENRY BONHAM

Wm. Henry (Hank) Bonham died on Sept. 14, 2005, at the age of 96. He was born on July 17, 1909, in Pullman, to Archie and Mae (Ruddick) Bonham.
Mr. Bonham grew up in the Grays Harbor area and graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1929. As a teenager he began work as a packer, running pack strings of horses and mules, delivering supplies throughout the Olympic mountains to lookouts and CCC crews, working out of Lake Quinault.
He later moved to the Toledo/Winlock area of Washington where he ranched and continued his job as a packer in the Spirit Lake region. He moved to Panakanic, north of Appleton, in 1958, where he continued ranching and worked for the Department of Natural Resources out of Glenwood, until retirement in 1974. He continued ranching until 1989 and continued keeping horses and riding for several years after that.
Mr. Bonham had a wonderful sense of humor and loved the outdoors, his photography and his family.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Irene (Kennedy) Bonham; his children Maureen Bonham, Shelton, Archie Bonham, Lyle, Linda Kelly, Tillamook, Ore., and Sandy Alley, Appleton; 13 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and two great, great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bonham was well loved and will be missed greatly by his family and friends.
Cremation arrangements were handled by Gardner Funeral Home's Columbia River Crematory.
Let the Bonham family know you're thinking of them by signing the online guestbook at www.gardnerfh.com.