Bart Bonney, Was WDOS Engineer and Radio Shack Owner, Dies

Born in Philadelphia, and longtime resident of Oneonta and Davenport Center, Barton B Bonney passed peacefully at home on Saturday July 25, 2020.

Barton relocated to Oneonta with his family to work for WDOS as a radio engineer. He then owned the Radio Shack on Chestnut Street. Barton was an amateur radio operator (callsign N2PTA). He was also a longtime member of the Oneonta Amateur Radio Club, the American Radio Relay League, and St Matthew Lutheran Church in Laurens.

Barton is survived by his wife, Margaret, sister, Cherie Lotito, two children, Karen Smith (husband Jack), Kevin Bonney (wife Melissa), seven grandchildren, Michael Nelson (wife Virginia), Charlene Forsythe (husband Randy), Terri Bonney, Bradley Seeley, Douglas Alise, Cody Steele, Ryan Money, and five great-grandchildren, Joshua, Abigail, Flynn, Landon, and Marie, with one on the way.

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