Bonnie Espe

Bonnie J. Espe
Bonnie J. Espe, 61, Hibbing, died Sat. Nov. 12, 2011 in the Fairview University Hospital, Mpls.  She was born in Chisholm, MN on July 28, 1950 and graduated from the Hibbing High School.  She married Robert Wayne Espe in Hibbing in 1969.  She lived in Hibbing spending her early years as a hairdresser and then over 3 decades providing home health care with the last 14 years specializing in the care residents of the Greenview Alzheimer’s Residence.
She is survived by 2 sons: William Austin and his two children Dillon and Cole and Don (Teresa) Espe and his two daughters Juliann and Ginger, her mother Eileen Kitto of Hibbing, her father Ken (Jan) Szweduik of Hibbing, her sisters Kathy (Robert) Fischer of Richmond, VA, Sandy (Darby) Gustafson of Hibbing and Penny (Gregg) Strafaccia of Champlin, MN, her brothers Joe (Sherry) Szweduik, Ken Jr. (Patty) Szweduik, Don (Loretta) Szweduik and Mike (Cindy) Szweduik all of Angora, MN, She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, her father William Kitto Jr. and her brother William Kitto III.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Dougherty Funeral Home.  Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time.  Burial will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery.  Pallbearers are: Joshua, Nicholas, Anthony and Gregg Strafaccia and Alexander Gustafson, Darby Gustafson Jr. and Darby Gustafson Sr.

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