Dorothy Ann (Berger) Yenter

Dorothy Ann (Berger) Yenter passed away on April 9, 2016 in Carson City. A celebration of her life will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Carson City at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16. She will be interred in the Berger family plot at Lone Mountain Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her brother Robert Berger of Carson City. Dorothy was born in the home of a local midwife at the corner of Musser and Roop streets in Carson City on March 2, 1932 to Harold J. and Olive D. (Dunn) Berger. A lifelong resident of Nevada, Dorothy remembered Carson City as a town with 2,500 residents and one paved street. Her first “job” as a six year old was carrying daily cash receipts from Berger’s News Stand and Pool Hall on the site of the present Cactus Jack’s to the bank for deposit. Dorothy grew up with her brothers and sisters on Minnesota Street and was an early Rainbow Girl. As an adult, she balanced her love of homemaking with teaching children at the elementary school level. Dorothy was a 1954 graduate of the University of Nevada in Reno, and a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Dorothy married Kenneth E. Yenter during her final year at UNR and began her own service as the wife of a career Army officer, raising their four children at posts around the United States and Germany during both peace and war. The legacy of that union includes sons Brad Yenter and wife Karey of Carson City, their children Jamie and Cynthia and two great grandchildren; Paul Yenter, who preceded her in death, and his children Brandon and Rachel; MG Mark Yenter and his wife Lisa of Ft Belvoir, VA and their children Lindsay and Marcus; and daughter Jane Fitzgerald of Plano, TX and husband Dan and their children Laura, Jessica, John and a great grandchild. Dorothy leaves behind sisters Margaret Baxter of Sparks, Nina Barry of Carson City, brother Bill Berger of Elko, sister Ruthie Hurley of Oroville, California, numerous cousins, nieces, nephews throughout Nevada and friends around the United States. She will be missed and as well remembered as she was loved.