Bonnie Katherine McKean

March 6, 1940 - January 20, 2021

Bonnie Katherine McKean, 80, of Bonita Springs, FL went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, FL. Formerly of Edina, MN she had been a Bonita Springs resident since 1999. She was born to Roy E. and Theda A. (Bauman) DeBower on March 6, 1940. The first school Bonnie attended was a rural, one-room schoolhouse just outside of Allison, IA. Bonnie met her future husband while in fifth grade when the rural school she attended closed. Mrs. McKean graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in Education and some of her fondest memories were of teaching second graders in Greene, IA, Hiawatha, IA and Minneapolis, MN. In 1962, she married Frank N. McKean and raised three children. She worked for many years at the Hennepin County, MN library. Mrs. McKean was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs and the Bonita Bay Cruising Club. Bonnie was an avid reader who also enjoyed boating, gardening, and collecting shells. Bonnie warmly remembered five beloved siblings whom she survived: Roger DeBower, Dallas DeBower, James DeBower, Larry DeBower, and Delores Allan. She is survived by her devoted and loving husband of 58 years, Frank N. McKean; son Frank C. (fiancée Sue Raddatz and children Lauren & Kyle Raddatz) McKean of Darien, IL; son Scott W. McKean of Anchorage, AK; daughter Karen S. (Robert) Granquist and grandson Bobby Granquist of Edina, MN and sister Bernita St. John-Wiebke of Cedar Falls, IA. A memorial service will be celebrated later and will be announced. She will be laid to rest at Resurrection Garden at First Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are being handled by Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home.