Lincoln, NE – Bonnie Nadyne (McWilliams) Dunston, of Lincoln, NE, passed away on November 10, 2023 at the age of 95.
She was born on January 2, 1928 in Red Bluff, California and later graduated from Lodi Academy, Lodi, CA and Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA.
Bonnie taught elementary school for more than 30 years in California, Nevada, Idaho, Nebraska and Minnesota. She also served as Assistant Girls’ Dean at Maplewood Academy in Hutchinson, after her retirement.
Bonnie lived in Thief River Falls until November 9, 2021 when she relocated to Lincoln, NE, following a hip fracture. She lived on Kneale Ave. N. from approximately 2010 until November of 2021. Prior to that, she lived on Greendale Ave. from about 2000–2010.
Bonnie was a long-time member of the Open Arms Christian Fellowship.
Bonnie is preceded in death by an infant daughter, Donna Lynn; a grandson, Jesse Merth; and her husband of sixty years, Teddy Lee Dunston.
She is survived by two daughters, LeAnn Merth (Jon) and Joan Freeman; three grandchildren, Joel Merth (Carrie), Shelley Riddle (Michael), Shawna Freeman-Ngau (Gerald); and seven great-grandchildren, Alexander, Caleb, Lily, Elijah, Elliot, JonnaLyn and Julian.
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