Bonita Dean passed away on December 22, 2019. The family will host a time of fellowship and remembrance from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Friday, December 27, 2019, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. We will celebrate her life of 68 years at 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 28, 2019, at Lake Ridge Chapel. Family and friends may leave memories and expressions of sympathy for the family to cherish in the space provided below the obituary.Bonita Dean was born December 18, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois to Edwin Ludwig and Dorothy Ann Simonson. In 1982 she moved to Texas. In 1985 she met the love of her life, Steven Glenn Dean. They married in 1994 and together they raised five wonderful children. She always had an open door, a huge heart and free hugs for her whole family. Through her job as an accountant both for the state of Texas and Lubbock State School for thirty-plus years, she has touched so many lives. Her warm smile, great advice and steadfast faith in God will be carried with us all till we meet again.Survivors include her husband, Steven Dean; four daughters, Barbara Warnock, Bonnie (Aaron Thompson) Woods, Laura Miller, Ashlee Dean; son, Christopher (April) Dean; grandchildren, fifteen; great-grandchildren, nine; four sisters, Kathy (Glen) Baxter, Lee Sims, Dee Dee (Mike) Perez, Laurie (Robert) Mitchell; three brothers, Chuck (Marge) Simonson, Frank Simonson, Mike (Donna ) Simonson; sister and brother-in-laws, Lesa (David) Ramby; Mona (Greg) Bond; Robert (Kathy) Dean.She was preceded in death by her parents, Edwin Ludwig and Dorothy Ann Simonson, her brothers, Kenneth Simonson and Leland Simonson and a granddaughter, Alexandria Courtney-Dean.