Bonnie Remmick, 73

Bonnie passed away peacefully with a dear friend at her side July 10, 2025, in Minot, N.D.

Bonnie was completely unforgettable, thoroughly unconventional and entirely unapologetic. She was generous, vivacious and full of wonder.

She spent her earliest years in Rugby, N.D., where she was born Jan. 31, 1952. Then, moving with her parents to North Idaho, she graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School and began to dabble in journalism and photography using a Rolleiflex-style camera. She moved to Western Washington with GTE, General Telephone Electric; first as a secretary, but then working long hours to learn the first computer languages, Basic and Cobol, in a field that was and is largely male-dominated. Over the years, she worked in computers for a variety of companies, including Safeco, Nordstrom and Microsoft. She spent several years outside of Denver before returning to Western Washington, where she began writing a WWII biography. She also returned to school, earning a dual degree in Humanities and Paralegal from Edmonds Community College. When she returned to North Dakota, she began writing for a time for the Pierce County Tribune and became involved with the libraries’ book and writing clubs. She also made a return to photography, traveling the back roads with her two dog companions, Toby and Murphy, to capture inspiring landscapes this time with a digital camera.

Bonnie is survived by two daughters, Heather (Ed) and Holli (Mark), two adult grandchildren and a beloved nephew and his family. She was preceded by her father, Burnett Ellingson (Alita), and mother, Anita Gunderson (Clifford), both of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

The family held private services in Washington.