Raymond Lee Bonin, the son of William and Emilie (Bruns) Bonin, was born on Dec. 27, 1946, in Davenport, Neb. He died Oct. 18, 2022, at Brodstone Healthcare at Superior, Neb., 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 counties and also in Grafton. For one year he worked on a ranch at Campbell.

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

Raymond and Cheryl purcha...