Bonnie Celestine, 78 of Brownsville, PA, formerly of Tallmansville, WV
passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in her home.
She was born March 10, 1945, in Richeyville, PA, a daughter of the late
Frank (Toot) and Marilyn (Ann) Murray Zirkle.
Bonnie was a 1963 graduate of Beth Center High School and was
employed as a pharmacy technician at Perry Drug in Perryopolis, PA. She also
spent some time volunteering for the Richeyville VFD Ladies Auxiliary.
Family was the core of Bonnie's existence and the life she and her
husband had built together in the hills of WV was what she cherished most.
Quad-riding, fishing, hunting, and gardening were her favorite pastimes but
overcooking for her entire family and any neighbor on the mountain was her
personal mission.
On June 12, 1998, she married Thomas Celestine who survives.
Also surviving are two children, Kim Sabatini (Rick) and Mark Paci (Dana),
both of Brownsville, PA; two stepchildren, Lisa Shirkey (Danny) of Harpers
Ferry, WV and Tom Celestine Jr. (Renee) of Prince Frederick, Maryland; a
brother Jim Zirkle (Christy) of Ravenna, OH; thirteen grandchildren, Catina Kohl
(Murray), Angela Mayhue (Scott), Matt Sabatini (Nicole), Angelica and Emily
Sabatini, Zachary, Samuel, Jacob, and Sarah Paci;  Daniel Shirkey (Jennifer),
Taylor Small (Justin), Tray and Tony Celestine; four great grandchildren;
several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are two brothers, Robert and Perry Zirkle; and a son, Tony
Paci.
Bonnie would want people to celebrate her life by eating fresh homemade
bread while dancing in the kitchen to any loud bluegrass music and singing John
Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads.
Friends will be received Friday, May 19, 2023, from 1 to 6 PM, the time of
memory, in the Greenlee's Fredericktown Funeral Home, Ltd., 42 Bank St.
Fredericktown, PA. Interment will be private.