Bonnie Mae Hawks, 75, of Sioux Falls, died Sunday, August 14, 2011, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Her funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 18, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls with burial at Broadland Cemetery, Broadland, SD. Visitation with the family present will be Wednesday from 6-7:30 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home, Main Avenue location in Sioux Falls. Condolences to the Hawks family can be posted on this Welter website. Bonnie Hawks was born Bonnie Cumming, daughter of Ross and Vera (Urban) Cumming, on September 17, 1935, in Huron, SD. She attended grade school in Broadland and graduated from Huron High School. Following graduation she worked at Wheeler Drug Store in Huron. She was employed by the Beadle County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for 33 years retiring in 1981. She then became the first woman and first paid Chamber of Commerce Director in Huron, SD, and also became the first woman volunteer director of the Huron Chamber. After retiring, she started a cleaning business in Huron, which she sold in 1996. After moving to Sioux Falls she continued her cleaning business through the present time. Bonnie met the love of her life, Al Hawks, and they were married on May 3, 1964. Bonnie and Al lived in Huron until moving to Sioux Falls in 1994. Bonnie was known for her volunteering spirit, which started with rural youth when she was very young. Among her volunteering career, she was involved with her church as organist and choir director; South Dakota State Fair; National Little Britches Queen contest; United Way of Huron board member; Huron Area Senior Center; and YWCA. She was district governor and regional director for the Midwest Region of LaSertoma. She was also a member of the board of directors of the School for the Deaf Foundation. Bonnie volunteered at the Center for Active Generations, The Banquet, the Butterfly House and many, many others, including the Eastern Star in Huron and her involvement with the Red Hat Society. Probably the greatest award Bonnie received was the Jefferson Award for her work in education in trying to save Huron College. She received many other awards throughout her life too numerous to mention. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Alan W. Hawks of Sioux Falls; along with Alan's brothers, sister and sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, many cousins, and an aunt. She was preceded in death by her sister, Connie; her nephews, michael hoyer and Jesse Sterret; her parents; and her in-laws, Gordon and Hazel Hawks. Even after her death, Bonnie continued to serve others by giving the gift of life through organ and tissue donation.