Bonnie Hendrickson Pearce

February 21, 1942 - April 30, 2017

Bonnie Hendrickson Pearce, 75, of Manteno, passed away Sunday (April 30, 2017) at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee, after a short illness. She was born April 21, 1942, in Kankakee, the daughter of Wilbur and Ruth Reed Hendrickson. Bonnie owned Little Peoples Village in Manteno for more than 25 years. Her motto was "My work is child's play." She was very active with the First Presbyterian Church of Manteno, was an avid reader and loved drawing architecture. Surviving are her daughters, Lana Pearce and Gene Kopec, of North Port, Fla., and Lara Ahlf, of Munster, Ind.; grandchildren, Jeffery Allyn Kopec, Janelle Boudreau, Jeffery Scott Boudreau, Jacob Ahlf and Joshua Ahlf. Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Donna Hendrickson; and son, Jeffery Allyn Pearce. Cremation rites have been accorded. Memorial visitation will be from 10 a.m. Wednesday until the noon memorial services at the First Presbyterian Church of Manteno. Memorials may be made for the wishes of the family.