Dolores Anne Hercher, 85, Sturgis, died Friday, January 18, 2013, at Sturgis Regional Hospital.

Visitation will be noon until 8:00 p.m. on Monday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with a wake service beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis with Fr. Arnold Kari officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Lawn Cemetery in Rapid City.

Dolores was born July 27, 1927, at Grindstone, SD, to Austin and Anna (Theel) O'Dea. She was raised near Cottonwood, SD, and graduated from High School at Quinn.

On September 13, 1947, she married William "Bill" Hercher at Cottonwood, SD. The couple ranched in the Kadoka and Interior areas before moving to Rapid City in the early 1960's.

Dolores worked as a dental assistant for several years before keeping books for Coast to Coast and Miller Equipment in Rapid City. In 2009, she moved to Sturgis where she enjoyed a good game of cards and visiting with her neighbors. She liked to read and put together jigsaw puzzles. Family, especially grandchildren, were the most important part of her life.

Survivors include her daughters, Mary Hercher, Black Hawk, and Nancy Flagler, Sturgis; brothers, Raymond O'Dea, Brownsburg, IN, and Francis "Bud" O'Dea, Pahrump, NV; sisters, Eva Trimble, Fruita, CO, Mary Hansen, Wall, SD, Rose Marie Richmond, Rapid City, and Shirley Baye, Box Elder; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, four brothers, and one son in law.

A memorial has been established to the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.

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