Dolores Hoffman, Mitchell

Dolores Hoffman, 85, Mitchell, formerly of Alexandria, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Avera Brady Health and Rehab.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary of Mercy Catholic Church in Alexandria with Fr. Jerry Ranek , Celebrant and Fr. Ron Garry, Con-celebrant.

Burial will be at St. Martin’s Catholic Cemetery in Emery.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Today at St. Mary of Mercy Catholic Church in Alexandria with a prayer service beginning at 7 p.m.

Dolores Ann Hoffman was born on September 17, 1927 in Emery to Jennie (Joachim) and Tom Fahy . She attended Emery Grade School and went on to graduate from Bridgewater High School. She married Harold Hoffman on May 5, 1947 in Bridgewater, SD.

Grateful for having shared her life are her ten children, Jane (Pat) Derrington, Amery, Wis., Oran (Mary Jo) Hoffman, Emery, Tom (Kathy) Hoffman, Alexandria, Fay Klock, Omaha, Neb., Karen (Jim) Mannie, Sioux Falls, Brian Hoffman and his fiancé Wanda Seigert, Hastings, Minn, Teresa (Dave) Goedeken, Columbus, Neb., Brenda (Neil) Meyer, Omaha, Neb., Deanna “ Dede” (Cory) Collins, Forestburg , Gail Gust, Scottsdale, Ariz.; 26 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren; Harold’s siblings and their spouses; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; her parents; an infant sister; brothers-in-law, Steve Weber, Russell Garry, Carl Goldstein and Norbert Hoffman; and a daughter-in-law, Diane Hoffman.

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