Shirley Cook Bonetti

Shirley Cook Bonetti, 84, of Butler passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Butler Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born August 3, 1932, in Hilliards, PA, she was the daughter of the late William H. and Barbara Ryder Cook. She was a Christian and had belonged to St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Butler. Shirley was a homemaker and loved to go on long walks and spending time with her family. She loved to cook and help her husband and brother garden. She would can enough food to pass around to her many friends and family. Shirley married the love of her life, Eugene Bonetti on December 8, 1949 and would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary this year. She was a devoted and loving mother to her five daughters, fifteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her five daughters, Deborah (James) Bier of Renfrew; Barbara (Michael) Acquavita, Pamela (Thomas) Kaylor of Butler; Kimberly (Richard) Moore of West Sunbury and Cheryl (Richard) Schomburger of Tucson, Arizona, her fifteen grandchildren, Tierrah (Michael) Byers, Melissa (Wilde) Paule, Michael (Nicholette) Kaylor, Justin Rodgers, Ashley (Adam) Benjamin, Timothy (Tammy) Kaylor, Braden Bier, Eric Rodgers, Olivia Schomburger, Nicole Schomburger and Danielle Schomburger, Richard (Traci) Moore of Butler, Jessica Dittmer of Ellwood City, Michael (Emily) Acquavita, Gina (Jon) Veschio of Pittsburgh and her fifteen great grandchildren, Grant, Max, and Clay Byers, Wilde and Cruze Paule, Andrew, Aaron and Anna Grace Benjamin, Vincent Kaylor, Kayla, Rylee and Joshua Moore, Devin Dittmer, Jonah Acquavita and Rocco Veschio. Also surviving is her beloved brother, William (Margaret) Cook and her sister-in-law Margaret Cook, 18 nieces and nephews, 30 great nieces and nephews and several great, great nieces and nephews. Greeting her in heaven will be her parents, seven brothers, Earl, Albert, Paul, Glen, Keith, Don and Ron Cook, her two sisters, Florence Gladd and Mildred Fleming and her nephews Gaylord Gladd and Tom Cook, a niece, Stephanie Fleming and her dear friend Bessie Panei. Friends will be received at Young Funeral Home, Ltd., 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, on Sunday, November 13, 2016 from 1-3 & 6-8PM. Services will be held at the funeral home, on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 11AM with her pastor David West officiating. In lieu of flowers the family ask you to give a donation to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. 733 Third Avenue, Suite 510, New York, N.Y. 10017.

Shirley Cook Bonetti

August 3, 1932 - November 9, 2016