February 27th 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday March 5th, 2020
at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with James Shields officiating. Interment will be in the
Kimball Cemetery immediately following the services. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Kimball. Friends may visit www.cantellfh.com to
view the obituary and leave condolences and stories. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be given in her memory to the Cheyenne Animal Shelter, 800 Southwest Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82007, ATTN: Development, or to the Kimball County Manor. The services for Bonnie have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.
Bonnie was born November 29th, 1928 in Seminole Oklahoma to John V. Keser and
Cordelia Carter Collins. Bonnie spent her first fourteen years in Oklahoma before the family
moved to Carmi, Illinois in 1942, then onto Salem, Illinois in 1943 where she would later
graduate from Salem Community High School. The oilfield would take the family to Midland,
Texas in 1951, Sterling Colorado in 1953 and finally moving to Kimball, Nebraska in May of
1954. In 1958 Bonnie started working at the Kimball Locker Plant where she learned to be a
meat cutter. After her father’s death in 1963. Bonnie, at age 34, was left to take care of her
aging mother. In 1976 Bonnie went to work for the Kimball Co-op Food Store in the meat
department where she would continue to work until her retirement in 1995.
Following retirement, Bonnie filled her days volunteering in the community. In 1995 she
was recognized for volunteer service to the Plains Historical Museum and in 2007 Bonnie and
her Pekingese dog Molly were chosen Community Volunteer of the Year for their service at the
Kimball Manor. She enjoyed helping with bingo, changing the monthly calendars, delivering
Popcorn to the residents and helping with many other activities. Bonnie continued to volunteer at the Manor until her death. Bonnie is a devout Christian and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she taught Sunday school classes to the youth. Bonnie loved teaching children in the Church especially while in their formidable years. Although she never married or had children of her own, Bonnie shared her love with animals, particularly her Pekingese dogs.
She is survived by her nieces and nephews and many many friends in the community
and surrounding area. Bonnie was preceeded in death by her father John, mother Cordelia, brother Harry, her nephews John, Ronald and Randy and her beloved Pekingese dogs Bubbles, Sassy, Molly Bee and Roni.
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