Dolores P. Rocha died Sept. 19 in Hollister at the age of 73
years.
Dolores P. Rocha died Sept. 19 in Hollister at the age of 73 years.
She was born in Kansas and came to Hollister at the age of 13 after living in Oklahoma from age 5 to 13. She is a graduate of San Benito High School and had worked for a brief time for the US Postal Service and was a member of Sacred Heart Church.
She is survived by her three children, Kristine Reyes and husband Victor of Hollister, Janice Steinbeck of Sonora and John Rocha of Santa Clara; her sisters, Lorraine Fitzgerald of Lawton, Okla., Twila Ross of Lawton, and Bessie Allred of Rush Springs, Okla.; her grandchildren, Jeffrey Springfield, Jennifer Springfield, Ronald Gardner, Christopher Gardner, Jacqueline Chanthanao, Cole Sharp, Samantha Malloy, Sophia Reyes, Chandler Reyes and Brooke Steinbeck.
She is preceded in death by her first husband Laurence Steinbeck.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 11am at the IOOF Cemetery. Rev. Rudy Ruiz of Sacred Heart Church will officiate. Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
