MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Yvonne E. 'Bonnie' Ernst, 61, Muscatine, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002, at Unity Hospital.

Graveside services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Chris Leary will officiate.

There will be no visitation. The Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. A memorial has been established at the funeral home.

Mrs. Ernst was born on Dec. 19, 1940, in Muscatine, the daughter of Sam and Violet Ricketts Bloomhuff. She married John Ernst on Oct. 31, 1955.

She was a unit clerk and dietary advisor at Unity Hospital for more than 20 years.

She enjoyed traveling, going to The Boat, caring for her dogs and music. She enjoyed and loved her grandchildren.

Survivors include a son, John Ernst and his wife, Rebecca, of Muscatine; a daughter, Yvonne Beckman and her husband, Michael, of Muscatine; four grandchildren, Amy Lloyd, Angela Beckman, John and Joseph Ernst, all of Muscatine; and a brother, Sam Bloomhuff of Muscatine.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a brother, Sherman Bloomhuff.