Bonnie Lee MCCRACKEN

1926 - 2011  (85 years)

• Name	Bonnie Lee MCCRACKEN
  Birth	26 Sep 1926	Dallam County, Texas
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Dec 2011	Marion County, Oregon
  Burial	Memorial Gardens, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  Notes	From CT and Find A Grave: Bonnie Lee McCracken was born on September 26, 1926 in Dalhart, Dallam, Texas. Bonnie Lee was the third daughter of Russell Sage and Clare Myrtle McCracken. While in Dalhart, Texas, her mother, Clara Myrtle, entered nursing school and her father, Russell Sage McCracken, worked as an auto mechanic. In the summer of 1930, Clara Myrtle, Betty Jo and Bonnie Lee drove back to Colorado where they lived with Charles and America Hoar in Hartman, Colorado. In 1931 Clara Myrtle filed for a divorce from Russell Sage McCracken. In 1933 Clara Myrtle McCracken married Dr. Frank E. Casburn. The family moved into the apartment which was located in the back part of the building that housed the medical office, in Holly, Colorado. Dr. Frank E. Casburn had a stroke in 1935. He died on January 30, 1937 in Lamar, Prowers, Colorado. Clara Myrtle, Betty Jo and Bonnie Lee moved into a house across the street from the Catholic Church. Clara Myrtle tried to return to home nursing but the dust storms made it impossible to live in Holly. In 1938 the family moved to Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Here, Clara Myrtle rented a house on Fountain Street and started a board and rooming home. In 1939 Clara borrowed $1000.00 and bought the house at 920 East Costilla which became The Casburn Nursing Home. Bonnie Lee attended St. Mary's High School during her freshman year, 1940-1941. From 1941-1944 she attended St. Scholastica Academy in Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, where she completed her sophomore, junior and senior years of high school. Bonnie Lee then went to Loretto Heights College, Denver, Colorado for her freshman year of college. Her sophomore and junior college years were spent at Webster College, Webster Groves, Missouri. While attending Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, at a Webster College dance, Albert Lucian Mercier met his future wife, Bonnie Lee McCracken. Albert Lucian Mercier and Bonnie Lee McCracken married on April 7, 1948 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born to the couple were three daughters and three sons. Albert, Bonnie and their children were active members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Houston, Texas. In about 1967 Bonnie Lee and Albert Lucian divorced. Bonnie Lee moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she lived next door to her mother, Clara Myrtle Casburn. She lived in the little cottage until the death of her mother, which was in 1989. At times Bonnie Lee tried living on her own but was most content when living with one of her children. She lived in Colorado, Arizona, California and Oregon. Bonnie Lee McCracken Mercier, 85, died Saturday, December 24, 2011, at Providence Benedictine Nursing Center, in Mt. Angel, Oregon. OBITUARY Mrs. Bonnie Lee McCracken Mercier, 85, died Saturday, December 24, 2011, at Providence Benedictine Nursing Center, in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Mrs. Mercier was born on September 26, 1926, in Dalhart, Dallam, Texas to the late Russell Sage McCracken and Clara Myrtle Hoar McCracken Casburn. She was united in marriage to Albert Lucian Mercier on April 7, 1948 at St. Mary Cathedral, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Surviving are six children, Monica (Robert) Sava, of Oregon; Clair (Ahmad) Talyai, of Colorado; Cynthia Mrozek-Mercier, of Montana; Albert (Jean) Mercier, of Oregon; James (Jeannette) Mercier, of Kansas; and Michael (Antonia) Mercier, of California. Also, to mourn her passing is a sister, Betty Ehn, of Colorado. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Cassandra Mrozek and a great-grandson, Chancellor Abram Smith. Bonnie was a history buff, she enjoyed flowers and reciting Bible verses, she was of the Catholic faith. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. We would like to thank all of the staff at Providence Benedictine Community Care for their compassion in taking care of our mother.
  Person ID	I18126	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2022

  
  

  Mother	Clara Myrtle HOAR
  Family ID	F24412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albert Lucian MERCIER,   b. 30 Apr 1923, Forrest County, Mississippi d. 4 Nov 1991, Hancock County, Mississippi (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1948	Colorado
  	St. Mary Cathedral, Colorado Springs
  Divorce	Abt 1967
  Family ID	F1651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2022