Dorothy Kaplan Light

Parker, Colorado

Dorothy Kaplan Light, Parker, CO., (born Lee Township, Iowa) passed away on January 6 at the age of 86. A memorial mass in Iowa will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church, 306 Third Avenue, Newhall, Iowa. Burial will immediately follow the mass at St. Patrick – St. Paul Cemetery in Watkins.

Dorothy was born Dorothy Mae Kaplan on May 20, 1937, the daughter of Edward and Bessie Kaplan, and grew up in Bradford, Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa and received her law degree in 1961. She married Ernest Issac Light, of Newhall, Iowa, in 1959, and they had four children. Dorothy was a pioneering attorney and business leader, a devoted wife and mother, a loyal friend, and a wise, beautiful, and helpful soul who will be dearly missed by all. Her full obituary can be viewed at https://www.horancares.com/obituaries/dorothy-light.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest I. Light and her siblings, Laverne Edward Kaplan, Mildred Louis Kaplan and Merle Joseph Kaplan. She is survived by four children: Christy (Jordan) Dorchuck of Parker, Colorado; Bill Light, of Centennial, Colorado; David Light, of Terra Alta, West Virginia; and Sam (Jessie) Light, of Broomfield, Colorado, by twelve grandchildren (Matthew, Danny, Ellie and Sam Dorchuck; Charlie, Gus, Daisy and Walden Light; Carly and Joey Light; and Chancellor and Hannah Light); and two great-grandchildren (Theodore and Henry Light).

A luncheon for family and friends will follow immediately following the Memorial Mass and Committal at Shuey’s Restaurant & Lounge, 1158 Club Road NE, Shueyville, Iowa. Questions for the family in Colorado may be sent to her son, Sam Light, at [email protected].