Gordon Elwood Bonine
Dec. 21, 1896-Dec. 6, 1976
Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), Tuesday, December 7, 1976, page 6, col. 5
Mr. Bonine, age 79, died at a local hospital Dec. 6, 1976. He had been a resident of Lansing since 1953, coming from Cass County Mich. He was State Senator from Cass County from 1942 to 1952. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Life Member of Backus Lodge #55, F. & A.M., DeWitt Clinton Consistory, Saladin Temple, Life Member of the Elks Lodge in Dowagiac, Mich. He farmed the Elk Park Farms which had been in his family from 1837 to 1953. He was Former Director of the Federal Farmers Home Administration from 1953 to 1961 for the State of Michigan. He was Former Director of the Legislative Service Bureau, retiring several years ago. He graduated from Michigan State University. Surviving are: Wife, Ruth Morse Bonine of Lansing; 1 son James E. of Lansing; 1 daughter, Mrs. Mary Charlotte Binkowski of Rockledge, Florida; 8 grandchildren; 1 brother James G. Bonine of Utah; 2 sisters, Mrs. Margaret Fox and Mrs. Sarah Balyeat, both of Athens, Georgia. Memorial services will be announced later by the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Michigan Rural Rehabilitation Corp., P.O. Box 188, Marhsall[sic], Mich. 49068.