Anita C. Fagan, age 80, of Hershey, NE, was called to Heaven on Friday, November 18, 2016.

Anita was born August 9, 1936, to Simon D. and Esmerejila Del Toro Cuellar in Derby, TX. She grew up and went to school in Pearsall, TX and helped her father raise watermelons and peanuts on the family farm. In February of 1953 Anita married Pedro “Pete” Herrada in Pearsall and they had six children.

By 1962 the family moved to Hershey but Anita later returned to Texas to care for her parents. While there she received a Business Degree from San Antonio School of Business and worked as a bookkeeper for Mustang Mud for 10 years. She then became Director of the Pearsall Senior Center and others in the area until September 1999.

In June 1982 Anita married Robert P. Fagan in Pearsall and they were married for 25 years when he passed away in 2007. Anita continued to live on the family farm until October 2013 when her family moved her to Hershey.

Anita was a member of the Pearsall Church of Christ. She enjoyed going to the Hershey Senior Center and playing Bingo there. She loved gardening, raising flowers and was a great seamstress. She also enjoyed cooking and feeding others, you never left her house hungry.

Anita was a kind, loving woman. She had many friends who looked up to her like a mom and was loved by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She especially looked forward to Wednesdays as “Monkey Day” because this was the day she spent with her great-grandkids. She will forever be missed.

Anita leaves behind her children, Stella (Brent) Larreau and James (Shannon) Herrada, of Hershey, and Pete Herrada Jr. (Allan Milam), of San Antonio, TX; daughter-in-law, Donna Herrada, of North Platte; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jesse Cuellar, of Dallas, TX, and Eloy (Maye) Cuellar, of Hermuston, OR; special friends, Frank and Estella Rameriz, of Pearsall; as well as several nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

Along with her husband, Robert, Anita was preceded in death by her parents, Simon and Esmerejila Cuellar; sons, Rolando and Simon Herrada; daughter, Carmen Summers; and brother, Gorge Cuellar.

Funeral Service will be 1 p.m. Friday, November 25, 2016, at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore with Father Josh Brown of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow in Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may also be shared at odeanchapel.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the Hershey Senior Center.