Bonnie Lee Keser

Bonnie Lee Keser, age 91, passed away at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center on February 27, 2020. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday March 5, 2020, at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with James Shields officiating. Interment will be in the Kimball Cemetery immediately following the services.

Friends may visit http://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 Cantell Funeral Home.

Bonnie was born November 29, 1928, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to John V. Keser and Cordelia Carter Collins. Bonnie spent her first 14 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 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 proceeded 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.