Obituary of Donna A. Lubbers

Donna A. Lubbers, age 87 of Yankton passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton with Rev. Mark Lichter officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-7 PM, Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton with a 7 PM rosary followed by a video tribute and 7:30 Scripture service. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Pallbearers are: Charles Lubbers, Brian Lubbers, Wayne Rames, Harvey Cederholm, Jerry Pierret, Leroy Raabe, Rodney Raabe, Joe Gratzfeld, and Ken Kaiser. Donna was born February 11, 1926 in Tyndall, SD to Albert & Mary Ann (Tierney) Raabe. She married Leonard Lubbers on September 21, 1948 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton, SD. To this union, two children were born, Michael and Jan. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Altar Society, Funeral Committee at Sacred Heart, Girl Scout Leader, and Yankton Area Senior Center. She retired from J.C. Penney & Company, Yankton in 1993. Donna loved to bake, embroider, quilt and share recipes. She is survived by her son, Michael (Mary Weston) Lubbers of Dalhart, TX; daughter, Jan (Joel) Cederholm of Brooklyn Center, MN; three grandchildren: Mark Lubbers of Dalhart, TX, Melissa (Lubbers) Haggerty of El Paso, TX, and Kyle Cederholm of Ft. Benning, GA; and three great-grandchildren: Allie, Erin and Liam, all of El Paso, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Lubbers, parents, Albert & Mary Ann (Tierney) Raabe, siblings: Helen (Raabe) Seavers, Pat Raabe, Robert Raabe, Maryetta (Raabe) Kranz, Willard (Bill) Raabe, and Nel (Raabe) Baumgartner.