Doris Mae Lubker

1932 - 2025

Doris Mae Lang Lubker

February 1, 1932 - May 12, 2025

GREENVILLE, S.C. - - Doris Mae Lang Lubker, a longtime resident of Arvada, Colorado, died May 12, 2025, in Greenville, South Carolina, at the age of 93. Celebration of Life services will be held at St. Paul's Church in Greenville on Saturday, May 31st at 2 p.m. Interment will be later held at Union Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Nebraska.

Mrs. Lubker was born February 1, 1932, in Tekamah, Nebraska, to the late Francis William Lang and Mildred Nelson Lang. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon John Lubker; and daughter, Susan Bartels Reid Bridgers. She was a graduate of Fremont High School and Midland College, where she graduated magna cum laude and earned an English degree in 1953. During her lifetime, Mrs. Lubker lived in Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Colorado and Japan, often following the career moves of her first husband, the late Gerald Lee Bartels, who was a Chamber of Commerce executive. In addition to being a homemaker, she was a freelance writer and later forged a path for other women with her creative role at Henderson Advertising in Greenville.

Mrs. Lubker was a member of St. Paul's Church in Greenville and previously a longtime member of St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church in Golden, Colorado. Mrs. Lubker spent her last years at Waterstone on Augusta in Greenville, where she enjoyed meeting new friends and being close to family.

She is survived by her sister, Marjorie Lang Niemann; and her children, Jeri Bartels Blair and husband, Lee, Joel Lubker and wife, Dawn, Jeff Lubker and wife, Donna, Sue Lubker, Ann Brockman and husband, Chuck, Pam Rau and husband, Randy; eighteen grandchildren, David and Patrick Blair; Jacob (Harley), Bennett (Ann), Hunter (May), Patrick and Kelsey (Bailey) Reid, Max (Nichole), Sue, and Katie Lubker, Jasmine (David) Holmes, Tony (Jenny) and James (Julie) Brockman, Kortney Kizer, Kayla (Mitchell) Bean, Cameron (Kathryn) and Cory (Macy) Rau, and Allie (Ryan) Joyner. She is also survived by 29 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to sincerely thank the entire Assisted Living and Memory Care staff at Waterstone on Augusta.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Paul's Church, 304 East Camperdown Way, Greenville, SC 29601 or to St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church, 13151 West 28th Avenue, Golden, CO 80401.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.thomasmcafee.com.