Christian Biography of Raymond Bonin

Raymond Lee Bonin, the son of William and Emilie (Bruns) Bonin, was born on December 27, 1946 in Davenport, Nebraska. He passed away peacefully on October 18, 2022 at Brodstone Healthcare at Superior, Nebraska surrounded by his family at the age of 75 years, 9 months, 21 days.

Raymond attended Kiowa Lutheran school and Davenport High School. He worked at various farm jobs in Thayer and Nuckolls County and also in Grafton for several years. For one year he worked on a ranch at Campbell, returning to Grafton.

He married Cheryl Ruth Baker on January 2, 1977 at Geneva, Nebraska. This union was blessed with three children Robert, Crystal and Leanna.

Raymond and Cheryl purchased an acreage in Thayer County in 1993. They raised their children, pigs, cows, sheep, goats and had a USDA Kennel for several years. The kennel was a combined effort between them. He wanted the hunting dogs and she wanted Old English Sheepdogs. They got both. When retirement came the move was made to Nelson.

Ray took pride in maintaining the yard, the town people complimented him on how nice it looked which meant a lot to him. He enjoyed sitting on the front deck in the evenings watching deer graze on the field across from the house and waving as cars drove by. He also enjoyed fishing, especially for catfish and even learned how to boat some.

He had a hobby stock race car #69, where he devoted a whole summer of weekends to this with an 8 ^th place season finish trophy. This was accomplished despite an accident falling from a grain bin and breaking his heel. He was close with his brother, Elmer, where they always had a good time and they shared many weekends working on cars or helping out where ever they were needed.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Elmer (Faye) Bonin and sister-in-law Delores Bonin.

Survivors include his wife, Cheryl of Nelson; his son Robert of Plymouth, Nebraska; daughters Crystal (Cody) Wyatt of Superior, Nebraska and Leanna (Adam) Cotton of Red Cloud, Nebraska; three grandchildren Cooper Bonin, Lily and Cady Wyatt; siblings Clarence Bonin of Westminster, California; Dorothy (LaVerne) Bundy of Davenport, Nebraska; Lawrence (Judy) Bonin of Maxwell, Nebraska; Kenneth Bonin of Davenport, Nebraska and Martin Bonin of Holstein, Nebraska; nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Memorial Services at: Salem Lutheran Church, rural Superior, Nebraska

Time of Service: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 11:00 am

Clergy: Pastor Ethan Feistner

Memorials to: in care of the family

Funeral Home: Klawitter-Price Funeral Home, 446 South Main St., Nelson, Nebraska 68961 Phone 402-225-3301