Bonnie J. Hageman
April 22, 1923 - April 27, 2011

Bonnie Jewell Curry Hageman, 88, of Ponca, NE passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Elms Health Care Center in Ponca, NE.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, May 2, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Ponca, NE with Pastor Sheila Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Silver Ridge Cemetery in rural Ponca. Visitation will be held from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca. Online condolences may be sent at www.mohrfuneralhome.com.

Bonnie was born April 22, 1923 in rural Ponca, NE to Grover and Della (Johnson) Curry. She attended the Powder Creek School and graduated from Ponca High School. Bonnie's family believed strongly in education, so she attended Wayne State College to become a teacher like her mother and sisters. She taught in the Silver Creek District #19 School for 5 years. One Christmas Eve Bonnie went to a dance in the Cottonwood Dance Hall and met Leonard Hageman. He was leaving the next day for the service, so they corresponded for two years. Bonnie and Leonard were married June 19, 1946. She became a member of the United Methodist Church at that time. They had one son, Stan, in 1948. They farmed some land on the river bottom owned by John Newton for a couple of years, then bought the Dixon County Poor Farm west of Ponca. That farm remained the family home for the rest of their lives. Leonard passed away in 1991. Bonnie moved to the Elms Health Care Center in March, 2009, where she received excellent care until her death.

Bonnie was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was famous for her great cooking and hospitality. Any visitor to her home could count on an entire meal materializing from nowhere. There were always cinnamon rolls with orange frosting or buckets of frozen cookies. She was the 'matriarch" of the Curry family, remembering everyone with a birthday card and sharing the family news.

Bonnie is survived by her son, Stan (Nancy) of Wausa, NE; grandchildren, Travis, (Susan) and baby Andrew of Grand Island, NE, Jarrod of Houston, TX, Ross of Omaha, NE, and Kaetlyn of Los Angeles, CA; brother, Don (Sandra) Curry of LeMars, IA; brothers-in-law Melvin Magnuson of Wayne, NE, Phil (Alice) Hageman of Sioux City, IA, and Vic Hildebrand of Des Moines, IA; sister-in-law, Ferris Conrad of Sioux City, IA; many well-loved nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Joye Magnuson and Mardell (Harry) Powers; brothers, Darrel (Betty) Curry, Gurn (Donna) Curry; brothers-in-law, Clayton Conrad and Earl Gleason; sisters-in-law, Pearl Hageman-Gleason-Hildebrand and Phyllis Hageman; and nephew, D. Thomas Curry.

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