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Valle Spring Cemetery
(Calvery Cemetery)

Sainte Genevieve, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri

Margaret Star "Twinkle" Bohnert

1947 - 1947

~ 1st Cousin ~

MARGARET STAR "TWINKLE" BOHNERT was the first daughter of Robert Bohnert and Sylvia (nee Schumer) Bohnert (Long). Twinkle died at birth on February 8, 1947. She was named after her Aunt Margie (Sr. Alberta) Schumer. Twinkle was originally buried in an unmarked grave in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 2003, family members arranged for her exhumation and buried her within the top of her mother's grave. A memorial stone was added to her mother's grave (see Sylvia Long grave below). The child's grave was blessed by her brother, Reverend Robert William (Bill) Rhinehart, C.M. Margaret Star "Twinkle" Bohnert was our 1st cousin, the niece of our father, James J. Bohnert.

Dale Rhinehart

1949 - 1968

~ 1st Cousin ~

DALE RHINEHART was the second son of Robert Bohnert and Sylvia (nee Schumer) Bohnert Long. Dale was born on February 28, 1949 in Murphysboro, Illinois. On July 8, 1968, Dale lost his life in a single-car accident near Farmington, Missouri. At the time of his death, Dale was 19 years old. Dale was our 1st cousin, the nephew of our father, James J. Bohnert.

Sylvia Marie (nee Schumer) Bohnert Long

1925 - 1962

~ Aunt (by marriage) ~

SYLVIA MARIE (nee SCHUMER) BOHNERT LONG was born on April 22, 1925, the daughter of Arnold Schumer and Lorene (nee Meister) Schumer. Sylvia married our uncle, Robert William Bohnert, on October 3, 1944, in Perryville, Missouri. After Robert's tragic death, she remarried to M. Charles Rhinehart and then, after a divorce, married Jack Long. Sylvia died on February 23, 2002, at the age of 76. She was our aunt (by marriage), the sister-in-law of our father, James J. Bohnert.