BONNIE (WAYTE) BALLANTYNE DIED NOVEMBER 14, 2025, BORN APRIL 18, 1932, IN GARY IN TO RICHARD AND GRACE (BARKER) WAYTE.  SHE MARRIED JOHN K. BALLANTYNE ON OCTOBER 19, 1957, AND THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 61 YEARS AND HE PRECEDES HER IN DEATH.

BONNIE HAD 4 BROTHERS; JIM, BUCK, AL AND DICK AND 3 SISTERS; MAY, VIRGE AND FRAN.  SHE GRADUATED FROM LEW WALLACE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950 AND WAS EMPLOYED AT AMERICAN BRIDGE IN 1952 AND RETIRED FROM SOUTHLAKE MENTAL HEALTH IN 1991.  SHE AND JOHN WERE MEMEBERS OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH AND LATER TO GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HOBART FOR 31 YEARS WHERE THEY PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL CHURCH ACTIVITIES.

BONNIE ENJOYED READING MYSTERIES AND WORKING CROSSWORD PUZZLES, TRAVELING, EATING IN LOTS OF RESTAURANTS WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY NOT COOKING!  SHE WAS A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN; TIMOTHY OF HOBART AND BARBARA (TIM) NOLAN OF MERRRILLVILLE WHO SURVIVE AND WHO LOVED AND CARED FOR HER DURING MOST OF HER LIFE.  SHE ALSO HAD A VERY SPECIAL NIECE ROSEANN MAGDA OF CHICAGO, IL.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2025, AT 11: 00 A.M. FROM GRACE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 6240 GRAND BLVD, HOBART WITH REV. DAVID LOCKLAIR AND REV. FREDERIC LAMS OFFICIATING ENTOMBMENT WILL FOLLOW AT CALUMET PARK CEMETERY, MERRILLVILLE.  VISITATION WILL BE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025, FROM 3-7 P.M. AT REES FUNERAL HOME, HOBART CHAPEL, 600 W. OLD RIDGE ROAD, HOBART.  ONLINE CONDOLENCES CAN BE SHARED ON OUR WEBSITE AT REESFUNERALHOMES.COM OR CALL (219) 942-2109.