Wednesday, November 4, 2015 12:01 am

BURCHAM, Dorothy Jane Hermann, 83, of Richmond, Virginia, passed away on All Saints Day, Sunday, November 1, 2015. Dorothy was born on the family farm in Henrico County, Virginia on November 12, 1931, to the late George Hermann Jr. and Goldie Pearl Martin Schulz. She attended Bethlehem Lutheran Day School and graduated from Highland Springs High School in 1948. After graduation, she attended Pan American Business School. In June, 1951, Dorothy and Charles Lee Burcham of Highland Springs married. They made their home on the family farm and raised three children, Judy Elizabeth Burcham Harris, Charles Lee Burcham Jr. and Roger Preston Burcham. Dorothy was a long-time member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, transferring membership when St. Paul Lutheran Church began as a mission in Sandston. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and the following brothers and sisters, Mary Lee Hermann Knight, Raymond Jacob Hermann, Paul Martin Schulz, Adolf William Schulz, George Henry Hermann, William Frank Hermann, Arthur Rudolph Hermann, John Byrd Hermann and Goldie Marie Hermann Frese. She is survived by her husband, Lee; children, Judy and husband, Dr. John Louis Harris III, Charles, Roger and wife, Debra Birkeland Burcham; grandchildren, John Louis Harris IV, Jennifer Harris Tice and her husband, Randall, Rebecca Anne Harris, Eric Preston Burcham and his wife, Olga, and Stephanie Marie Burcham; a great-grandson, Gavin Phoenix Tice; and brother, Dr. Ernest Conrad Hermann. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (today), November 4, 2015, at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd. The family will also recieve friends from 11 a.m. to 12 noon with services begining at 12 noon Thursday, November 5, 2015, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Building Fund, 8100 Shady Grove Rd., Mechanicsville, Va. 23111.
Richmond Times Dispatch