Dolores (Dee) Sherman Golden, who lived in Pacific Palisades from 1973 to 2003, passed away on July 17 in her home in Salt Lake City of natural causes. She was 87. If there was one thing she would want everyone to know, it’s that she was feisty and glamorous to the end; she’d had a manicure just the day before. Dee was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Theresa and Emanuel Chackes on February 27, 1925 (she was always proud that she and Elizabeth Taylor shared a birthday) and spent her childhood in the town of DeSoto, Missouri. She attended the University of Illinois, where she loved being a member of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority and where she met her first husband, Allan Sherman. They were married in 1945 and immediately relocated to New York City for him to pursue a career as a radio, then television writer. In 1961 they relocated with their two children, Robert and Nancy, to Los Angeles, where Allan had a job as a television producer. Shortly thereafter, Allan recorded a comedy album, ‘My Son, The Folk Singer,’ followed a year later by his biggest hit, ‘Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah.’ Dee loved the celebrity of show business and the perks that went along with it, including dinner with Frank Sinatra and attending the inaugural of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dee and Allan divorced in the mid-’60s, and she later married William R. Golden, head of publicity at MGM Studios. This led to a new era of glamour for her as she attended the Academy Awards annually. Bill passed away in 1986, at which point Dee remained in Pacific Palisades with her family. In 2003, she relocated to Park City, Utah, to be closer to her daughter and her family, who had moved there. Dee loved living in Utah with the four seasons and the new friends she met at the Senior Center in Park City. In 2008 she moved to Sunrise at Holladay in Salt Lake City. She constantly said how happy she was there with the new group of friends she met. Dee loved to travel, was an accomplished pianist, never turned down a chocolate, and frequently reminded friends and family that ‘old age isn’t for sissies.’ She is survived by her son Robert Sherman (partner Teresa Kirsch), daughter Nancy Sherman Stanislaw (husband Ralph) and grandchildren Heather Ford (husband Aubrey), Kasey Aune (husband Marshall) , Rebecca Stanislaw and Abby Stanislaw. Dee requested that her body be donated to science and education at the University of Utah. A memorial service will be held at Temple Har Shalom in Park City at 11 a.m. on August 3. Attendees should be sure to dress ‘spiffy,’ as Dee would like that. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Temple Har Shalom’s ‘Fund For The Future,’ P.O. Box 681236, Park City, UT 84068.
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