The Republican-Nonpareil | October 29, 2026

Bonita K. Holmstedt, 85, of Central City, died Thursday, October 22, 2026.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Worms with Pastor Craig Neimeier officiating. Interment was held at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Zion Lutheran Church in Worms. Condolences may be sent to the family at www. soltwagnerfuneral.com.

Bonita Kay Holmstedt was born May 2, 1941, in Lincoln, the daughter of Floyd E. Holm and Leona R. (Schrack) Holm.

At the time, her father worked for the State Highway Department, as a surveyor and junior engineer. The first two years of her life were spent in Omaha and Lincoln, and in many small towns in Nebraska where new roads were being built. In 1943, her parents moved to the Holm family farm in Custer County. She attended Rural School Willowdell #56, and Litchfield High School.

Later in life, in 1984 ,she finished an undergraduate degree at Concordia Teacher’s College in Seward.

In 1970 Bonita was married to Don Holmstedt of Central City.

Mrs. Holmstedt lived in the rural Central City area for fifty-six years.

Bonita is survived by four children, Michael (Susan) Royle and Gregory (Sandy) Royle of Central City, Robert (Rachel) Holmstedt of Reading, Michigan, and Rebecca (Joshua) Parde of Central City; two brothers, Floyd Holm of Magnolia, Texas and Stan Holm of Santa Barbara, California; eighteen grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.