Bonnie Harrington Farrell

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Bonnie Harrington Farrell, 99, Woodbridge, VA, died Nov. 22, 2022, at her home surrounded by her children. Bonnie was just a self-professed “simple Nebraska farm girl,” born November 12, 1923 in Red Cloud, NE. Bonnie graduated from Hastings High School in Hastings NE. Bonnie, and her generation, were on the forefront of the changing roles of women in American society. She worked for the FBI in the early 1940s and joined the Women’s Army Corps during WWII, achieving the rank of Sgt. She met her husband Raymond J. Farrell during this time and they married on September 3rd, 1946. The next few decades were a whirlwind of exciting world-wide deployments while bringing up a growing family, most notable Germany and Ethiopia. Although slight in stature, Bonnie was a force of nature that one noticed immediately as she entered a room – she was in her own words a “tell it like you see it kinda gal.” Her passions included, but were hardly limited to: family, church, women’s equality, self-realization, yoga, overall health and diet, genealogy, yard selling and the solidarity of friendships. Bonnie Harrington Farrell is survived by her daughter, Lynne Dorothy Farrell Stover, of Bridgewater, VA, eldest son, Kirk Raymond Farrell and his wife, Kathleen, of Aquia Harbour, VA, youngest son, Scott Alan Farrell of Woodbridge, VA, embraced son Rick Charles Christiansen of Lake St. Charles, MO, and three grandchildren, Patricia Lynne Farrell, Kellyn Frances Farrell and Michael Alan Stover. The last survivor of her familial generation, she was preceded in death by her husband Raymond J. Farrell, her son, Stephen Douglas Farrell, her father, Ralph Stephen Harrington, her mother Dorothy Tennant Harrington, her bothers - Robert Harrington, Alden Harrington, and Sidney Harrington, and her sisters – Ann Marie Strother, and Della McCoy. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. with services starting at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Grace Lutheran Church, 1601 Prince William Parkway, Woodbridge VA, 22191. A reception will be held from noon to 12:45 p.m., at which time a motorcade to Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, VA, will commence for interment. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 1601 Prince William Parkway Woodbridge, VA, in the memory of Bonnie H. Farrell. “A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others” ― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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Bonnie Harrington Farrell

November 22, 2022