Bonnie J. Finley

Bonnie Ziegenbein Finley, age 84 of Omaha, died Saturday, May29, 2021 in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born in Wahoo, Nebraska on November 19, 1936 to Laurence and Alvera (Jacobs) Ziegenbein weighing only 4 pounds and 11 ounces. Bonnie attended District #52 School either walking to school with her brother or riding their horse. She then went to District #6 school by Memphis, Nebraska through 8th grade. She graduated as Valedictorian of her Ceresco High School Class and then attended Kearney State College for a year where she met her husband, Roger Lervig. They spent many years living on the east coast where their daughters Pam, Angela, Susan and Sonja were all born. Bonnie moved back to Nebraska after the deaths of her husband and their daughter Pamela. Bonnie worked at Ernie’s as their office manager and accountant for seventeen years, then then served as Mayor of Ceresco. On January 18, 1974, she married Larry Finley at the Memphis Methodist Church. Baking delicious Swedish Rye Bread and Danish Pastries was a favorite pastime of Bonnie’s as was tending to her flower garden. She enjoyed traveling to Branson, Missouri to see the shows. Her other passions were sailing and playing bridge. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, and daughters Pamela Lervig and Angela Lervig Robinson. Her survivors include her husband Larry of Omaha; daughters Susan Lervig of Lincoln and Sonja (Kenny) Cunningham of Elkhorn; grandchildren Ailee Pierce, Elkhorn; Ashton Pierce, Lincoln; Dustin Robinson, Washington; Tyler Robinson, Lincoln; Misty Cross, California; siblings Larry Ziegenbein, Clinton, Missouri; Sharon Markel, Wahoo; and Sandy (Andrew) Hutson, Wahoo. Visitation will be held at the Pruss-Nabity Funeral Home on Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Funeral Service will be at 11:00 on Friday, June 4, 2021 at Elkhorn Hills United Methodist Church at 20227 Veterans Drive in Elkhorn. Interment at Omaha National Cemetery.