She returned to animation in 1973, first working for Hanna-Barbera and later rejoined Disney. She worked on Disney films like “Oliver & Company” (1988), “Pocahontas” (1995) and “Hercules” (1997) as well as films released by other studios, like “Cool World” (1992) and “The Pagemaster”(1994).

Sara Ann McNeese was born on April 10, 1929, in Fargo, N.D., to Thomas and Helen (Kossick) McNeese. Her father was an accountant, and her mother was a stenographer. Ann graduated from Catholic school and attended North Dakota State University before moving to California, where she studied at what is now the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.

She started working for Disney soon after graduation, at first in the studio’s vast paint lab.

She married Kevin Sullivan in the early 1950s. Their marriage ended in divorce in the 1970s.

In addition to her daughter Shannon, she is survived by another daughter, Liz McCrary; two sons, Joe and Tom; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.