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Bernita Diane Mongold Tryon-Ponte

Female 1951 - 1998  (47 years)


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  • Name Bernita Diane Mongold Tryon-Ponte 
    Born 4 Feb 1951  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Sep 1998  Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6719  Rossville
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2018 

    Father George F Mongold 
    Mother Helen Larrine Uhl Mongold,   d. 17 Apr 2001, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Aug 1947  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ralph J Ponte 
    Married 14 Feb 1992  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. August M Ponte
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2018 16:42:03 
    Family ID F6290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Jeffery S Tryon
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2018 16:42:20 
    Family ID F6291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Sep 1998 - Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Tryon-Ponte, Bernita
    Obituary- Tryon-Ponte, Bernita

    Bernita Diane Tryon-Ponte
    Bernita Diane Tryon-Ponte, 47, Auburn, was killed in an automobile accident in southwest Shawnee County, Wednesday, September 9,1998.

    Mrs. Tryon-Ponte had worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Montgomery Wards, Meeks Office Equipment, and the Blind Tiger, all in Topeka, and Champions Office Product/United Stationers in Kansas City.

    She was born February 4,1951, in Topeka, the daughter of George F. and Helen L. Uhl Mongold. She graduated from Perry High School in 1969 where she was a baton leader. She had lived in Perry, Kansas City, and Topeka before she moved to Auburn in 1992.

    Mrs. Tryon-Ponte was a member of the Grantville 4-H Club and a former member of Czech ZCJB Western Fraternal Lodge in Rossville. She also was a tap dancer and had been active at the Auburn Grade school as a room mother and leader for Brownie Troop No. 39 and Girl Scout Troop No. 39.

    She was married to Ralph J. Ponte on February 14, 1992, in Topeka. He survives.

    Other survivors include a daughter, August M. Ponte, at home; a son, Jeffery S. Tryon, Kansas City, MO; two stepdaughters, Amy L. Ponte, Topeka, and TereŽsa R. Doty, St. Marys; her parents, George F. and Helen L. Mongold, Perry; and a brother, Terry W. Mongold, Grantville.

    Her service was Saturday at the Parker-Price Mortuary. Burial was in Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the August M. Ponte Educational Fund, Attention Bill Tregemba, Mercantile Bank, P.O. Box 178, Topeka, 66601.