{"id":11922,"date":"2026-01-19T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:47:47","slug":"saint-hilaire-chef-bonnie-ant-b-kaml-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/saint-hilaire-chef-bonnie-ant-b-kaml-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Hilaire: Chef Bonnie \u201cAnt B\u201d Kaml Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saint Hilaire, Minnesota<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Bonnie Kaml, known as \u201cAnt B,\u201d died on January 12, 2026. She was 62.<\/p>\n<p>Kaml died in Saint Hilaire, a city in Pennington County. The county is based in Thief River Falls. <a href=\"https:\/\/co.pennington.mn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennington County<\/a> lists county services online.<\/p>\n<h2>Work and community<\/h2>\n<p>Kaml was born on August 7, 1963, in Warren, Minnesota. She later built a career in restaurant kitchens across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Family members said she worked as a chef at several local restaurants. Those sites included Kife\u2019s, Lantern, Country Kitchen, Best Western, Melody\u2019s, Seven Clans Casino, Dawg House, and Wired Bean.<\/p>\n<p>She also catered events with her sister, Toni Burton. The work often took place in the Thief River Falls area.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the kitchen, Kaml made glass beads and jewelry. She was also known as a steady reader.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11923\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bonnie-Kaml-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bonnie Kaml\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bonnie-Kaml-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bonnie-Kaml-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bonnie-Kaml.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonnie Kaml<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Family<\/h2>\n<p>Kaml was the mother of Jessica Kaml of Fisher, Minnesota. She raised Jessica after becoming a parent at 19.<\/p>\n<p>For about 25 years, Kaml shared her life with Ryan \u201cSkip\u201d Skibicki of Saint Hilaire. Relatives said they were partners and close friends.<\/p>\n<h2>Visitation and condolences<\/h2>\n<p>A public visitation is scheduled for Friday, February 13, 2026. It runs from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsonfuneralservice.com\/our-location\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson Funeral Service<\/a> in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>A luncheon will follow at the <a href=\"https:\/\/visittrf.com\/location\/heritage-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Center<\/a> in Thief River Falls.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences can be shared through the funeral home\u2019s website. The obituary is posted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsonfuneralservice.com\/obituaries\/bonnie-kaml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">johnsonfuneralservice.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Survivors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Daughter: Jessica Kaml of Fisher, Minnesota.<\/li>\n<li>Life partner: Ryan \u201cSkip\u201d Skibicki of Saint Hilaire.<\/li>\n<li>Siblings: Susan Dowers, Debbie Smith, Peggy Fuller, Becky Ptacek, Toni Burton, George \u201cJeff\u201d Kaml, and Lee Kaml.<\/li>\n<li>Extended family: Linda Skibicki, Lynn Skibicki, and Stacie Grant.<\/li>\n<li>Many nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Preceded in death<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Parents: George and Dolores \u201cDolly\u201d Kaml.<\/li>\n<li>Siblings: Lori Kaml, Georgiana Kaml, and Darlene Kaml.<\/li>\n<li>Other relatives: Bill Fuller, Jobi Burton, Gregory Buringrud, and Wes Skibicki.<\/li>\n<li>Nieces: Samantha McGowen and Ashley Burton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m Chris Harper reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Hilaire, Minnesota (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Bonnie Kaml, known as \u201cAnt B,\u201d died on January 12, 2026. She was 62. Kaml died in Saint Hilaire, a city in Pennington County. The county is based in Thief River Falls. Pennington County lists county services online. Work and community Kaml was born on August 7, 1963, in Warren,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/saint-hilaire-chef-bonnie-ant-b-kaml-dies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saint Hilaire: Chef Bonnie \u201cAnt B\u201d Kaml Dies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[15],"tags":[10171,10165,10170,10172,10164,9807,2623,10168,2404,3016,10169,10043,749,751,3017,3503,10167,2993,4402],"class_list":["post-11922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits","tag-ant","tag-ant-b","tag-b","tag-bonnie","tag-bonnie-kaml","tag-chef","tag-dies","tag-heritage-center-trf","tag-hilaire","tag-johnson-funeral-service","tag-kaml","tag-local-news","tag-obits","tag-obituary","tag-pennington-county-mn","tag-saint","tag-saint-hilaire-mn","tag-thief-river-falls-mn","tag-visitation","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11934,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions\/11934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}