Bonnie Jean Knutson Coulter

Bonnie Jean Knutson Coulter passed away at home in Fallbrook on Christmas morning, December 25, 2017. Bonnie was born February 21, 1927 in Ames, Iowa and moved with her family to California. She married Bud Coulter and later moved from Balboa Island to Fallbrook. Bonnie and Bud, who predeceased her, had two sons, Steve, 67 and Joe, 63; both graduates of Fallbrook High School.

Bonnie and Bud opened the highly successful Packing House Restaurant and bar on Main Street in 1976 and continued to run it until 1983. Prior to that Bonnie wrote a local gossip column, "I Spy" for the weekly paper, The Enterprise. The Packing House menu was printed on a copy of the newspaper.

Bonnie is survived by her two sons and her sister, Carol Toon (80).

She will be missed daily by her family and her friends. She will be remembered for her sense of humor and her style and for always being "Sensational".