Dona "Dorothy" Platt

1930 - 2010

Dona "Dorothy" Platt passed away in her home on August 24, 2010, surrounded by loving caretakers. She was born on November 8, 1930, in Bucharest, Romania. She attended schools in Bucharest, graduating from high school in 1949. She graduated with honors from the Agronomy School at the University of Bucharest in 1954 with a major in Plant Breeding and a minor in Plant Pathology. She tried to leave Romania for a number of years, but under the Russian dictatorship was not allowed to do so. However, in December, 1959, after a six month exile on a Labor Farm, they finally let her go to Brazil, where her father had emigrated to earlier. After working for four years in the Agronomy School of the University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Dorothy obtained a job at Northrup, King and Co. in Woodland, Ca., in 1964. She was very excited about finally arriving in the U.S. and becoming a U.S. citizen, which she had dreamed about for many years. She married Alfred Platt in 1969, and they settled in Stockton, Ca. After working as a teacher's aide with SUSD, she earned a teaching credential. She and her husband moved to Lodi, where she became a teacher in the English as a Second Language program at Lodi High School and taught there for many years. She was excited about molding personalities of young people, sharing knowledge with them, and raising new American citizens. She will be missed by family, friends and neighbors.
Dorothy is survived by her husband's family members: Pat Culbertson, Margie Culbertson, Jim (Anna) Culbertson, Steve (Teresa) Culbertson, Cora Sue (Terry) Wetter.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her loving husband, Al, and her parents.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 25, at 11a.m., at Donahue Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lodi Public Library Foundation.