Dixie Lee Flack, 67, Sturgis, died Sunday, August 8, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital after a long courageous battle with cancer.

Visitation will be noon until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Pastor Denzel Nonhof and Pastor Harold Delbridge officiating. Burial will follow at the Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis.

Dixie was born July 12, 1943, at Tacoma, WA, to Leslie "Bud" and Bessie (Crowser) Flack. When her father was shipped overseas during the war, she moved back to Sturgis. She attended rural schools through the 8th grade and graduated from Sturgis High School. She married Charles "Slim" Ackerman at Sturgis on March 25, 1962. She worked as an aide at St. Johns Hospital in Rapid City and the Sturgis Community Hospital. She graduated from LPN School at Western Dakota VoTech in 1980 and worked at Ft. Meade VA Hospital for 16 years. She retired due to a disability but continued to care for older folks in Sturgis. She retired to the ranch where she took care of her family, friends, and animals. She liked to give away homemade wine, handmade blankets, and other gifts.

Dixie was a member of the Sturgis VFW Auxiliary and she enjoyed old country music.

Survivors include her son, Les Albertson, Sturgis; daughters, Robin (Delbert) Brink, Sturgis, and Betty Jo (Chet) Stone, Hermosa; one brother, Larry (Shirley) Flack, Whitewood; uncle, Orval (Florence) Flack, Sheridan, WY; aunt, Virginia Crowser, Union Center; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three nephews, Lonny, Layne, and Shawn; one niece, Shelly; and many special friends and relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Lynn, and husband, Slim.

A memorial has been established to the Sturgis Animal Shelter.