Bonnie Lee (Palmer) Bickel, age 78, died at Madonna Meadows assisted living facility on August 28, 2022. Bonnie was born on September 24, 1943 in Fort Dodge, IA to Leland and Eleanor (Nekvinda) Palmer. She was the oldest of 6 children. She lived in Dayton, IA until the age of 17, when her family moved to Mankato, MN in 1960 and graduated from Mankato High School in 1961. She met her husband Steven Bickel through mutual friends and they married on February 9, 1963. Bonnie worked at the local Mankato TV station until they moved to Rochester, MN in 1967. Bonnie started working at KROC in July 1972, the local TV station which then became KTTC until she retired in 2005. She was a member and involved in Kiwanis and Evangel Methodist Church over her >50 years living in Rochester. Bonnie moved into Madonna Meadows after the passing of her husband in 2020.