HERSHKOWITZ, Dolores Glenne

Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory, Wickenburg, Arizona Dolores Glenne Hershkowitz March 13, 1933 ~ December 18, 2012 Dolores Glenne Hershkowitz, age 79, passed away December 18, 2012 in Phoenix, Az. She was born March 13, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan to Victor and Viola Temerowski. Dolores was raised in Hamtramck, Michigan and attended schools there. Following her schooling she began working at a summer resort which she enjoyed and in 1953 came to Wickenburg, Arizona to work on a "Dude Ranch" and met Junior Hershkowitz and they were married in 1954 making their home in Wickenburg. Dolores was a homemaker and a mother and later began working in Medical Records at Wickenburg Hospital. She eventually became the Director of Medical Records which she had done until retiring in 1989. She had an ability to manage and control billing and records in a very effective and cost saving manner for the hospitals. She also had worked at Boswell and Del E. Webb Hospitals. Dolores enjoyed bowling and was a former member of Soroptimists International. She loved to travel which she had the opportunity to see South America, China, Egypt, Greece, Italy and Spain. She was preceded in death by her husband Junior in 1987 and son Willie in 2006 as well as brothers Walter and Howard Temerowski. She is survived by children: Susan Hershkowitz & Eric Vicioso, Nancy Whetter, Frank Hershkowitz and Larry (Carrisa) Hershkowitz and brothers Earl (Godela) Temerowski, Clarence (Ann) Temerowski, Richard Temerowski, Robert (Marcia) Temerowski, and sister Barbara (Ron) Anikewiech, 12 grandchildren: Drew, Jacob, Chase, Broc, Mariah Whetter, Frankie Lynn Hershkowitz, Sammie Jo Hone, Toni Zimmerman, Cheyenne Hershkowitz, Jeorge Hershkowitz, Jimmy Hershkowitz and Olivia Vicioso, 10 great-grandchildren: Braiden, Mayli Drew, Nicholas, Gabriella, Carson, Jaxson, Austin, Connor, and Caleb. Sisters-in-law: Shirley Wachter, Shirley Hershkowitz, Lisa Hershkowitz and sister-in-law and brother-in-law Joyce & Larry Fields. Rosary will be said in Friday, December 21, 2012 at Wickenburg Funeral Home and Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 10:30 AM at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church with interment to follow in the Wickenburg Municipal Cemetery.