Munising
Bonnie Jean (Kemp) Brownlee, age 66, of 300 West City Park Drive, Munising, MI, and formerly of Marquette, Northville, MI and Melbourne, FL, died Saturday July 3, 2010, at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising, following a lengthy illness. Bonnie was born on August 6, 1943 in Highland Park, MI to the late William A. and Ivy L. Kemp.
Bonnie Graduated from Highland Park High School in 1961 and later went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida in 1992. Bonnie was a talented artist, seamstress and pianist. She worked with computers throughout her career. She loved all forms of music and dancing. She loved animals, especially cats and birds, and, most of all; she loved her friends and family.
She is survived by son - Larry Edward Smith, Jr.; daughter - Kimberly Ann Smith-Potts; grandchildren - Abigail Smith Potts and Seth Michael Smith Potts; brothers - William Thomas (Linda) Kemp, Johnathon Russell Kemp, and James (Sally) Kemp; sisters - Patricia Ann Nicholson, and Kathleen Lillian (Robert) Niedzwiecki; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Bonnie was preceded in death by her father and step-mother - William A. and Myrtle Kemp; mother and step-father - Ivy Lillian nee Corcoran and William Chapple; husband - Leroy Brownlee Jr.; brother - Robert Kemp; and brother-in-law - Daniel Nicholson.
There will be a memorial service for Bonnie on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Northville, Michigan. Memorial donations in memory of Bonnie may be made to the Marquette County Humane Society, P.O. Box 842, Marquette, MI 49855.