Bonita Pauline Sams

Bonita Sams aged 75 a long time resident of the Portland area died on April 25th at Prestige nursing home after a short battle with dementia. Born in 1941 in Kansas City, MO to Thomas and Laverne Skinner. She graduated high school at Pilot Rock high school in Pilot Rock, Oregon in 1959 and soon after joined the military in 1960 and served until 1961. She had two children Barry Skinner and Michelle Gentry. She was married to Richard Sams until 1980. Soon after she moved to Portland Oregon. She loved sewing and crochet and many other crafts including making stuffed animals for her great grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her parents Thomas \u0026amp; Laverne and her brothers Russell and Ron Skinner and her sister Christy Nickles. She is survived by her sister Dena Spack her son Barry Skinner and daughter Michelle Gentry, 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Services will be held at Pilot Rock cemetery on May 20th at 2pm. She will be interred into a family plot next to her mother."",