Dorothy Ann Bubier

YANKTON, S.D. — Dorothy Ann Bubier, age 72, of Yankton, S.D., died Sept. 3, 2021, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, after enduring several years of chronic health complications. A celebration of her life will be at 10:30

A celebration of her life will be at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 23, 2021, at the Obert Community Hall, Obert.

Inurnment will be in the Maskell Cemetery, Maskell.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Yankton.

Dorothy was born April 20, 1949, in Yankton, to Elmer and Helen (Lanphear) Johnson. She grew up on a farm near Wynot, with eight other siblings. She attended grades one through eight in a country school on Brooky Bottom, about one mile from her home and then attended her high school years in Obert. At age 17, she married Marcus Schroeder, Wynot, and then moved with her husband to California. To this union, a daughter Brenda Ann was born. Dorothy spent many years in California working various jobs. She moved to Omaha, 20 years ago and worked 17 years as an aide at Douglas County Hospital. She retired in January 2016 and moved to Yankton to be closer to her family.

Dorothy always had a love for horses and loved anything with horses on it. She also loved horse races and attended them occasionally with a friend from Omaha who also loved going to them. Dorothy was an avid reader and enjoyed going to the library.

Dorothy is survived by her daughter, Brenda (Rob) Wilding, Redding, Calif.; three grandchildren, Jared, Megan and Morgan, all of Redding, Calif.; eight siblings, Dennis (Vicky), Crofton; Sherill (Robert), Ainsworth; Earl, Crofton; Diane, St. Helena; Gerry (Mary Lee), Crofton; Paul (Evy), Aberdeen, S.D.; Marlene, Yankton, S.D.; Ron, Yankton, S.D.; and a halfbrother, Jim, Yankton, S.D.; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents.