pWarren R. Bonney, fourth-generation resident of Jefferson County, died of congestive heart failure on Tuesday, October 4th, at his home at Ives Hill Retirement Community./ppArrangements have been entrusted to Cleveland Funeral Home, Watertown./ppBorn July 20, 1923, Warren Bonney was a well known athlete in the North Country. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Syracuse College of Forestry and a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity and the Syracuse University ski team, Warren Bonney continued his studies at Cornell University and later earned an MBA at Syracuse University. During World War II, Warren Bonney served in the U.S. Naval Forces on a Landing Ship Medium in the Pacific arena where he became one of the youngest ship officers in the Philippines, New Caledonia and Japan. He left the military in 1946 as Lieutenant Junior Grade, decorated with American Theatre, Pacific Theatre, Philippine Liberation, and Victory World War II Ribbons. /ppAn avid athlete and early health advocate, Warren Bonney sailed and skied from his childhood, on. Starting out at Thompson Park ski slope, he established an Olympic-style ski jump near the intersection of Gotham Street and Rt. 12, he built and used the first water skis seen on eastern Lake Ontario, then helped to establish the Dry Hill ski area and served as a volunteer ski patroller there and, later, at Minna Common Anthony Nature Center and Snow Ridge for approximately 40 years, as well as patrolling at the Tug Hill Cross-country Tourathon. An expert sailor, he took part in Snipe, Dragon, Sailfish and Sunfish races at the Crescent Yacht Club in Chaumont until the 1970s when he turned to jogging and running triathlons as a more complete form of exercise. Undaunted by decreased mobility, Warren Bonney continued to participate in YMCA Turkey Trots and St. Patrick’s Day Runs in Watertown, using his wheelchair as an aid up until the year of his death. /ppHe was proud to be a member of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, as well the Toastmaster’s, and Rotary Clubs in Watertown and the First Presbyterian Church./ppWarren Bonney married Margaret McArthur at Dayspring Presbyterian Church in Yonkers, NY, in 1951. Returning to Watertown in 1956, Mr. Bonney worked for Harroun Lumber and Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw and Folley, planning engineers, before starting his own business. He became a Certified Senior Residential Appraiser and a Certified Residential Specialist, the highest educational designation in real estate. Together, Warren and Peg Bonney ran Bonney Realty in Watertown for forty years and were active members of the Real Estate Board. /ppWarren Bonney was predeceased by parents Ruth Jenks and Roy D. Bonney, his wife Margaret, and his brother George E. Bonney. He is survived by two daughters, Ann L., Vernon, CT; and Claire E. and her husband, Matthias Bruellmann, of Basel, Switzerland; nephews Russell D. Bonney (Kristie), Hyde Lake and Zephyrhills, FL; Donald McArthur (Judy), Sebastian, FL; Robert McArthur (JoAnn), Cortlandt Manor, NY; and Charles McArthur (MaryAnn), Yonkers, NY; nieces Joanne McArthur Zarras (Ray), Southampton, NY; Nancy McArthur DiLeo (Peter), Port Chester, NY; cousin David Bonney (Jann), Cape Vincent; and his grandson Christopher Kramer, Boston, MA; and his granddaughter Emma Bonney Bruellmann, Inverness, Scotland. /ppThe family would like to thank Drs. Rhode, Willis, Michaelson and Saunders and their staff members, Angels for Seniors and the Collette family, Bobbi and Rachel: as well as Hospice of Jefferson County and the staff and residents of Ives Hill Retirement Community for his wonderful care and companionship. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Watertown YMCA; Indian River Lakes Conservancy; the Crescent Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program; the First Presbyterian Church, Watertown; or a charity of the donor’s choice. /ppWarren Bonney will be buried with his family at Parrish Cemetery, Town of Clayton. Calling hours will be Tuesday, 10/11, 4 – 7:00 PM at Cleveland Funeral Home, Watertown. The funeral service will be held at First Presbyterian Church, Watertown on Wednesday, 10/12 at 11:30 AM./ppOnline condolences may be made at www.clevelandfuneralhomeinc.com./p
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