February 16, 1949 – February 24, 2025
Lynn Dee Bader, 76, of Mobridge passed away on February 24, 2025 at Avantara Nursing Home in Pierre due to a battle with cancer and dementia.
Lynn was born in Denver, CO on February 16, 1949, to R. Lee Donley and Leona (Sherwood) Donley. Lynn met Robert (“Butch) Bader when she was working at a funeral home in Casper, WY and he owned a funeral home in Lusk, WY. She and Butch were married on November 21, 1990. Butch sold the Lusk funeral home in 1999. Lynn and Butch worked in funeral homes in Idaho, North Dakota, and Texas, before returning to Wyoming and retiring. Lynn loved working with the families that they served.
Every year, Lynn would love to go to Johnny and Sharyn Holloway’s cowboy reunion in Deadwood. She was a fantastic cook and enjoyed entertaining people at anytime. She was best known for cooking and feeding 30 + people for Thanksgiving dinners.
Survivors are her daughter Tonya (Mike) Speck of Arkansas; son Joe Edwards of Colorado; husband Butch Bader of Mobridge; stepchildren Casey (Andrea) Bader and Effie Bader and (Clint) Bellflower of Wyoming; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a greatgranddaughter due in April.
She is preceded in death by her parents, R. Lee and Leona Donley.
Visitation with Lynn’s family present, will be from 5-7 p.m., Friday February 28, 2025, at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at the funeral home. Burial will take place at the Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche.
Memorials may be made to the Timber Lake High School Rodeo Club.
Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Isburg Crematory of Spearfish.
(Butch Bader’s address is 918 8th St. W., Mobridge, SD 57601.)