Grace Viola Bubbers, 84, joined her Lord and Savior in heaven on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Mobridge Regional Hospital.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Christ Lutheran Church in Morristown. Pastor Pilarski will officiate with burial in the Morristown Cemetery.

Special music will be provided by Carrie Pilarski, organist.


Serving as casketbearers are Matthew and Timothy Schaffer, Bill, Dan, and Martin Messer, Fred Bubbers, Ross Schaffer, and Jeff Maier. All of Grace's friends and family are considered honorary bearers.

Visitation at the funeral home will be Monday, August 31, from 4:00-6:00 pm with a family service at 6:00pm, with visitation one hours before funeral service at the church in Morristown.

Grace Viola Bubbers was born March 16, 1931 to Christian and Kathryn (Schmidt) Scheck at her maternal grandparents home in Elgin. She was baptized at Congregational Country Church and confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church in Morristown. She started school in Elgin, but finished grade school at Kanocki country school. She attended Lemmon High School.

She married Robert Bubbers on October 10, 1948 at Christ Lutheran Church in Morristown. They lived on the place that had been homesteaded by Robert's uncle John Bubbers. They continued their farm and ranch business throughout the years and built a new home in 1963. After Robert's death she moved to McIntosh in 1998.

As a lifelong Christian and devout member of Christ Lutheran Church in Morristown, she served her Lord and Savior as organist for the congregation and held numerous positions of leadership in the women's organizations of her church and its affiliate church body.

Grace was an active member of the Farmers Union and served as the District 6 Education Director for over 35 years. She also was on the Board of the Northwest Area Nutrition program as part of her service to the community. She especially enjoyed her family and friends.

Survivors include her daughter Alta Lee Schaffer (Dale) of Waterville, MN; two sons, John Bubbers (Sandy) of Morristown, SD and Gary Bubbers (Sue) of McIntosh, SD; one brother Gerald Scheck (Donna) of Jacksonville, FL; one sister Gladys Steiger of Seattle, WA; eleven grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Ethel Bubbers, Lemmon, SD and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Bubbers; her parents, Christian and Kathryn Scheck; her infant brother, Harold; her step-father, Fredrick Rieker; and her step-sister Janice (Bud) Humphrey and brothers-in-law, Arnold Steiger and Wendell Bubbers.