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Belle <I>Barton</I> Bonfils

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Belle Barton Bonfils

Birth
Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
3 Jun 1935 (aged 67–68)
Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA
Burial
Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
Bonfils Mausoleum
Memorial ID
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"Belle Barton Bonfils had died in 1933 on her way to visit the Margery Reed Mayo Day Nursery, another of Monsignor Mulroy's many projects for the poor. Belle Bonfils had received instructions and was preparing to join the Church at the time of her sudden death."

Source: http://www.archden.org/noel
/07017.htm

Obit. 3 Jun 1935 Longmont Times-Call, CO. "DENVER, June 2.- Mrs. Belle Barton Bonfils, widow of the late F.G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post, died at her home here today of a heart attack." "Mrs. Bonfils was born in Peekskill, N.Y. She was the daughter of David and Mary Barton. She met and married Bonfils while he was a cadet at West Point. After his graduation she came west with him to Canon City, Colo., where he was for a time instructor in military tactics at a military school. Later they lived in Kansas City, finally coming to Denver in 1895. Here Bonfils made the Denver Post the most important newspaper in the region. He died slightly more than two years ago. Mrs. Bonfils retained an interest in the paper until her death."
"Belle Barton Bonfils had died in 1933 on her way to visit the Margery Reed Mayo Day Nursery, another of Monsignor Mulroy's many projects for the poor. Belle Bonfils had received instructions and was preparing to join the Church at the time of her sudden death."

Source: http://www.archden.org/noel
/07017.htm

Obit. 3 Jun 1935 Longmont Times-Call, CO. "DENVER, June 2.- Mrs. Belle Barton Bonfils, widow of the late F.G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post, died at her home here today of a heart attack." "Mrs. Bonfils was born in Peekskill, N.Y. She was the daughter of David and Mary Barton. She met and married Bonfils while he was a cadet at West Point. After his graduation she came west with him to Canon City, Colo., where he was for a time instructor in military tactics at a military school. Later they lived in Kansas City, finally coming to Denver in 1895. Here Bonfils made the Denver Post the most important newspaper in the region. He died slightly more than two years ago. Mrs. Bonfils retained an interest in the paper until her death."


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