Isabella Mary Bonella (Bonnie) Tricker

Wife to the late Bert Tricker, and beloved mother to Joanne (Jim) Kile and Ken “Tank” (Julie) Tricker and the late Franklin Tricker died on October 27^th, 2023, in her 87th year.

Bonnie was born and raised in Medicine Hat, Alberta into a ranching family (LA Ranch), owned and operated by her revered father James Mitchell.  After graduating high school, and following her father’s sudden passing, Bonnie enrolled in the Education Faculty at the University of Alberta to become a teacher.

Bonnie loved to teach and started to develop her craft in a small prairie school in Thelma, AB where she taught 19 students in grades 1 to 9.  Along with a friend, Bonnie subsequently secured a teaching job in the NWT.  It was there that she met RCMP Constable Bert Tricker, whom she married in Medicine Hat in 1961.  Bert and Bonnie started building their life together at several RCMP detachments through the Northern Territories, Northern Alberta, and BC. It was in Yellowknife in 1966 where they started their family. Ultimately, they were transferred to RCMP Headquarters in Ottawa in 1974.  This assignment to Ottawa was only to be “for a few years”. 

In Ottawa, Bonnie parked her teaching career to raise her two children and support their competitive goals in figure skating and hockey by providing a loving home, the finest home-cooked meals and homemade bread - not to mention the hours of cue-cards, sports, and cuddles.

Aside from these endeavours, Bonnie began working with The Hudson’s Bay Company in furniture and appliances. She continued to work with Hudson’s Bay for the next 47 years and left the company in 2022 in her 86^th year– perhaps a record!

Bonnie lived her life with clear convictions through her words and actions. Her children aspire to her example and her expectations of serving the public and Canada – looking to always contribute to the greater good. 

For Bonnie, there was always another newspaper to read, a radio show to listen to, or a discussion to have regarding politics and current events. 

Bonnie is predeceased by her parents James Mitchell and Izzette Foster Mitchell and by her brother James William “Foster” Mitchell and survived by her siblings Bryce Leslie Mitchell, Janet Margaret Mitchell Jones, and her grandchildren Kimberly, Elizabeth, Mabel, Isabella, and Maxwell.  She is making her final journey home to Medicine Hat where she will be laid to rest with her husband and family. 

Bonnies’ children, their spouses, and her 5 grandchildren all hope that Mom and Dad are again riding horses, enjoying a brewski, and talking it out.

Friends and family are invited to join in remembering Bonnie at Beechwood Funeral Home on November 12, 2023, between 2-4.  Interment will take place at Hillside Cemetery in Medicine Hat at a later date.