Donna Jean Jancey, 81, Scottsbluff

Donna Jean Jancey, 81, Scottsbluff
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Donna Jean Yancey, 81, passed away on Tuesday, September 20th, 2022, at her home in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. A celebration and memorial of her life will be held on Saturday, October 1st, 2022, at 2:00pm at Bridgman Funeral Home in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Private family interment will be held at a later time. Online condolences may be made viewing Donna’s memorial page at www.bridgmanfuneralhome.com. All who knew her are welcome to attend and share memories and stories of Donna’s life.

Donna received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming. After a brief career of competitive barrel racing in rodeos around the west, she moved to San Antonio, Texas, where she met and married her husband Raymond Yancey, a general contractor, while working as a secretary on the same job site. It was the 1960s, so workplace policies were very different. Raymond and Donna had three wonderful children, Brandon, John, and Robyn, one of whom is an especially wonderful child. Donna then spent many years teaching elementary school, becoming her children’s kindergarten teacher. Even as their teacher, this had little effect on deterring Brandon from getting into trouble in class or John from showing up to school without shoes. Clearly, Robyn was the especially wonderful child.

During her life, Donna was involved in many activities with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, from soccer and wrestling matches, cub scouts, little league coach, swim team meets, school bus driver, school art collector, and far more, to name all. After retiring, Donna maintained her fierce independence, living her life as she wanted. The thing she continued to enjoy the most was spending time with friends and family and, in particular, her great-grandchildren. They are young and impressionable and picking up on the fiercely independent bits. Just ask their parents.

Donna is survived by her brother William Swanson from Denver, Colorado; sons Brandon Yancey and John Yancey from San Antonio, Texas; Granddaughter Natalya Hobbdel, her adopted daughter, from Denver, Colorado; Granddaughter Lauryn Yancey and Grandson Brandon Yancey, Jr. from Denver Colorado; and Great-grandchildren Nehemyha, Robyn, Remingtyn, Rayna, Orian, Zion, and Enzo.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Bernice Swanson, from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, husband Raymond Yancey from San Antonio, Texas, and daughter Robyn Yancey from San Antonio, Texas. She was loved deeply and will be dearly missed.