Bonnie Osler, services set
Bonnie Osler (nee Lois Bonsal Osler), 67, died peaceably in her home in Sandwich, N.H., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2024. The cause of death was a rare, aggressive, unspecified adenocarcinoma.
Osler served on the Lewes city council from May 2012 to May 2021. She served as an ex officio member of the Lewes Planning Commission and the Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Commission.
Osler was also active in various community groups, such as serving on the boards of Historic Lewes Farmers Market and the Greater Lewes Community Village, and was active in St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
Prior to her becoming a member of the Lewes city council, she was deputy chief counsel for litigation at the Transportation Security Administration, helping to start up the department and its policies when the agency was created after 9/11. Before that, she was an assistant branch director and trial attorney at the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she defended the programs and policies of the government.
She is survived by her spouse of 34 years, Brook Hedge; her brothers, Jonathan Cary Osler (Jody) of Virginia, and Richard Osler (Kathryn) of Texas; a former sister-in-law, Anne Hunting (Ari Mintz) of Illinois; six wonderful nephews and nieces; even more great-nephews and -nieces; many cousins and friends, near and far, whom Bonnie held dear; and her loving cat companions, Luke and Hannah.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 5, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lewes. A reception will follow.
To join the services via livestream, visit the St. Peter’s YouTube channel.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 464, Lewes, DE 19958; Historic Lewes Farmers Market, P.O. Box 185, Nassau, DE 19969; Church Island Chapel, P.O. Box 356, Holderness, NH 03245; Squam Lakes Conservation Society, P.O. Box 696, Holderness, NH 03245; or Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Marion Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2809.
