Bonnie J. Blattner — Hansen-Spear

Bonnie Blattner, age 87, of Quincy, died on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 2:20 a.m. in Blessing Hospital.

Bonnie was born on August 6, 1937 in Augusta, Illinois to Bernard and Dorothy Worman Lansdown. On December 26, 1964 she married Don Blattner. Together they raised two children, Jeff Blattner and Lisa Howerton. Don survives.

A graduate of Quincy Senior High, she attended Western Illinois University and received her Bachelor’s degree from Northeast Missouri State University. She began teaching in Quincy in 1959, and taught a short time at Adams school and later at Jefferson School. During the summer she attended beauty school so that she could trim and style the hair of her students during recess for those who could not afford to go to a beauty shop. After a maternity leave, she taught language arts at Quincy Junior High for 20 years and retired in 1993.

Bonnie loved to travel and she and her husband traveled throughout the United States and took cruises to many foreign countries. She enjoyed reading and spending time with grandchildren. Some of her happiest memories occurred when she and her husband took their grandchildren on vacations in the summer.

She is survived by her husband, Don; two children: Jeffrey (Rene’e) Blattner and Lisa (Jim) Howerton; and five grandchildren: Christian Blattner, Savannah (Dylan) Harker, Valerie Howerton, Brenden Blattner, and Adrian Blattner.

Bonnie was preceded in death by her father, Bernard, her mother, Dorothy, and her sister, Peggy Crane.

Visitation: 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home.

Services: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at Hansen-Spear Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Rains officiating.

Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Quincy, IL

Memorials: Quincy Public Schools Foundation. Memorial donations may be made on line at: https://memorials.hansenspear.com/.

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Hansen-Spear Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.