Dorothy Coon, known to everyone as Dotti, was an amazing woman. She was born on Friday October 5, 1956, five minutes before her twin sister Catherine. Tragedy hit the family early as Dotti's father died when Dotti was only six. It led to a bumpy childhood, but her spirit was never broken. She learned how to play tennis and ice skate during her time in Rutland, Vermont, after her mother remarried. The family ended up in Portland, Oregon after a brief stay in New Mexico, and it was in Portland where she met her husband Al in September of 1974. They fell in love almost instantly, and were engaged less than a month after meeting. Dorothy passed away only 12 days before their 45th wedding anniversary.

Dorothy wrote to her granddaughter that when Dotti was a young girl, "My ambition was to find a wonderful man, get married & raise a family. I found all of that & much more in your grandfather. We have a love that will never die!"

For thirteen years, while her husband was in the US Navy, Dorothy shouldered the heavy load of running the household, sometimes with her husband away for 7 months at at time, with two boys to raise, the bills to pay, and handling all the emergencies that came up. She did a stellar job. Because of her husband's employment the family moved a lot, beginning with Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean, where Dorothy had to fly into Honolulu, Hawaii to have their son LeRoy, due to the poor medical facilities on Midway. Over the years the family moved to six different states, and each and every place she went, she made their house a home that was filled with love, a true homemaker.

Later, after the boys had grown and left home, both to join the Navy,Dorothy took on the task of losing weight, something she had struggled with for years. She lost 100 pounds and then created a web page in September of 1998, that grew to where it attracted over 84 million visitors, and helped many others to attain their weight loss goals. She was interviewed, and her story was run in newspapers all across the USA.

Dorothy always loved people and she had a heart that wanted to give to others. She wanted everyone else to be happy. Dorothy was an extrovert in search of fun things to do. She loved roller coasters and long fast water slides. She was kind enough to follow her husband's request that she not go skydiving, even though she thought it would be fun to try. She had a smile that lit up the room, and a wonderful sense of humor. Dorothy would laugh freely without reservation. She was the sort of wife any man would consider himself lucky to have: loving, caring, affectionate, and loyal. Dorothy is going to be missed by all those who knew her, and horribly missed by all those who loved her. She was one of a kind.

Sadly the past few years slowly ate into Dorothy's health. Her hips failed in, and 2011 she had them both replaced, with the surgeries being only 91 days apart. From then on sports and other physically taxing endeavors were increasingly difficult, and the last couple of years just walking around a store wore her out. She had sleep apnea and her lungs were getting weaker before Covid-19 arrived to finish the job.

There will be a memorial service at a later time, with the date yet to be set.

Dorothy is survived by her husband Glenn ("Al"), sons LeRoy and Glenn II and their wives, five grandchildren, her older brother Bob, her twin sister Catherine, her younger brother Rip and sister Tina, and many other friends and family.