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Bonnie Eckles, 80

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Bonnie Jean Eckles, the daughter of Hugh and Clara (Pedersen) Copas, was born on December 17, 1939 in Rawlins, Wyoming. She passed away on September 1, 2020 at the Bryan LGH Medical Center East at Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 80 years, 8 months, 15 days.
She was raised on the farm north of Hardy, Nebraska. She graduated from Hardy High School in 1957 and attended University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where she pursued a degree in Business. In college she met and married Tom and they quickly started their family. They raised daughter Beth in Lincoln and moved to McAllen, Texas, shortly after Beth graduated high school. Bonnie moved back to Nebraska after her husband died in 1997.
She was a bookkeeper and accountant for most of her life. She loved cheering on Husker football, playing cards, fishing and crossword puzzles. She will be missed dearly.
She is survived by her twin brother Burley, and his wife Genell Copas of Beatrice, her daughter Beth Eckles and granddaughter Mary Beth Pinckney, both of Lincoln, Nebraska.
She is preceded in death by her husband Byron Thomas (Tom) Eckles and infant son Charles Hubert Eckles.
Graveside Memorial Services will be held 2:00 pm Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Spring Creek Cemetery, Ruskin, Nebraska. Pastor Breen Marie Sipes will officiate.
THOSE ATTENDING THE SERVICE ARE ASKED TO WEAR A FACE MASK AND PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING
Memorials may be given to American Heart or Lung Association
Book Signing will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Wednesday at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home, 750 N Commercial, Superior, Nebraska 68978 Phone 402-879-3900

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