Bonita Dolney, 86, died Dec. 9, 2024 at Bethesda Home, Webster.
Memorial services were Dec. 14 at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Bristol. Inurnment will be at Bristol Cemetery later.
Bonita “Bonnie” Joy (Huwe) Dolney was born Sept. 20, 1938, in Bristol to Burton and Joyce (Kjosa) Huwe. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethesda Lutheran Church, Bristol. She graduated from Bristol High School in May 1956 and graduated from the Humboldt Institute, Minneapolis, MN Sept. 20, 1956. She then worked for the Navy department in Arlington, VA.
She married Edmund “George” Dolney July 27, 1957, in Bristol. They lived in Willmar, Hector and Svea, MN. They were members of Svea Lutheran Church and First Lutheran Church, Hector. In 1990, they returned to Bristol. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and medication aide for 12 years. She also worked at Bethesda Home, Webster and Bristol School for four years.
She was a member of Bethesda Lutheran Church and WELCA (serving as secretary and president), Evening Star and Octavo Study groups, Huwe Family Singers, Bristol Area Development Corporation, Bristol Senior Citizens, RSVP Club, Legion Auxiliary, Red Hats and Bible Belles. She also served on the Sun Dial Board. She especially enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, sewing quilts, reading, solving puzzles, traveling, taking photographs and time at the lake.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Pat Huwe, Auburn, WA; four children, Brenda Bohlin-Fischgrabe and Dru Fischgrabe, Waubay; Denise Stewart and Paul Cicmil, Fridley, MN; Geoff and Nettie Dolney, Hutchinson, MN; Mark Dolney, Hector; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Mark Edmund Dolney and brother, Larry Huwe.