On October 14, 1972, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Dee Ann was born - delighting her parents Donald and Joan Dorsey. Dee Ann grew up in Hendersonville, Tennessee, graduating from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor. She began her legal career as a corporate lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1998, eventually becoming a partner at the law firm of Hunton & Williams in New York, where she practiced until 2017.
She met her husband, Jason Bazar, while practicing law in Atlanta, eventually moving to New York together in 2001. They married in 2006, in Nashville, Tennessee, and had a son, Evan Bazar, in 2011.
Dee Ann was a strong willed, hard working and dedicated individual. She cared deeply for others and was successful at everything she set her mind to. Of all her successes, the accomplishment she was most proud of was her son, Evan.
Dee Ann is survived by her husband Jason Bazar; son Evan Bazar; parents Don and Joan Dorsey; sister Theresa Brugman, nephews Jeremy and Sam Brugman, aunts, uncles and cousins.
On October 21, 2025, friends gathered at 10:00 am at Frank E. Campbell - The Funeral Chapel, 1076 Madison Ave, New York, New York, 10028.
A short funeral service was held at 10:30 am at the same location, in The Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Gimme Shelter Animal Rescue, P.O. Box 578, Sagaponack, NY 11962, or online at https://gimmeshelteranimalrescue.org/?form=FUNBSQGXNSX
