Parsons Resident Bonnie Sue Newman Dies; Oakdale Funeral Home Arranges Services

Bonnie Sue Newman, a longtime Parsons resident born in 1943, died Feb. 20, 2026. Local funeral listings show Oakdale Funeral Home in Parsons is coordinating arrangements following her death.

Those listings state that Oakdale Funeral Home scheduled family visitation in the immediate days after Newman’s passing and that a graveside service will be held at Gray’s Chapel Cemetery. The listings identify the visitation and graveside service as the primary arrangements for close family and friends.

Oakdale Funeral Home in Parsons is handling logistical details for the Newman family, according to the same funeral listings, with services organized promptly after the Feb. 20 death. The listings do not provide additional biographical details beyond Newman’s birth year or a public memorial date.

With Oakdale Funeral Home overseeing the visitation and burial at Gray’s Chapel Cemetery, the Newman family has established the immediate plan for final rites in Parsons. Further service details, including specific visitation hours or a public obituary, have not been published in the listings available at the time of reporting.