Frances "Bonnie" Dunn age 76 of Belle Fourche, died Tuesday March 7, 2006 at the Belle Fourche Regional Senior Care Center.

Bonnie's family will celebrate her life 4 to 6 pm Saturday evening March 18th, at the American West Restaurant in Belle Fourche. The public is invited to attend. To honor her wishes, her remains have been bequested to the University of South Dakota, and services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Funeral Home of the Northeran Hills in Belle Fourche. Memorials are preferred to the Tri-State Museum of Belle Fourche.

Bonnie was born December 18, 1929 to Benjamin and Louise (Granseigne) Huddleston in Beloit, Iowa. She attended school through the ninth grade at Canton SD and graduated from high school in Manilla, Iowa. She then attended the Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell for two years where she received a teacher's certificate. Bonnie later received a BS degree in Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a BS degree in Special Education from the Black Hills State College in Spearfish. During her life she taught school in South Dakota, California, and Nevada for a total of 26 years.

On September 12, 1972 Bonnie was married to Kenneth Dunn in Belle Fourche and they resided on Kenneth's ranch in Harding County until 1991. Bonnie was active in Harding community affairs, the Republican Party, the SD Sheep growers Auxiliary, and she served on the Harding County Fair Board for several years. She was a member of the SDEA, the NEA, and the CEA. After moving into Belle Fourche in 1996, she did a large amount of volunteer work.

Bonnie is survived by her nephews, Tom (Betty) Steele of Sundance WY and their son Larry (Deanna); Gary (Kathy) Steele of Newell and their children Krista (Mark) and T.J. (Deb); Rod (Jan) Steele of Aladdin WY and their children Zach and Jordan; stepchildren, Warren (Marcia) Dunn of Buffalo and their children Nicole, Kendra, and Levi; Vickie (special friend Wayne) Dunn of Fort Collins CO and her daughter Amy; Carol (Rod) Woodruff of Belle Fourche and son Chase Newland; step grandchildren, Shana (Galen) Huebner and Todd (Dori) Tennant (children of step daughter, Sandra Tennant); and several great-grand nieces and nephews, and step great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Kenneth in 1999; step-daughter, Sandra Tennant; and 3 sisters, Dorothy, Vivian, and Vi.