Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Dorothy Saltzman Simon, 67, who died Sunday, November 2, 2014 at Regional Medical Center of Acadiana. Reverend Matthew Barzare will be officiating the services.
She is survived by her mother, Lauris Gaspard of Kaplan; four sons, James Thompson and his wife, Amy of Rayne, Thomas Kerrigan of Monroe, Timothy Kerrigan of Lafayette, and Samuel Simon and his fiancee, Aimee Dixon of Crowley; one daughter, Tangie Rocca of Lacassine; one sister, Mary Ann Saltzman of Crowley; four brothers, Elie Saltzman of Mouton Cove, Ernest Saltzman of Rayne, Harold Lee Saltzman of Rayne, and Glenn Saltzman of Rayne; sixteen grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her spouse, Emery Simon; her father, Elie Saltzman; and her brother, Lee Saltzman.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Avenue, on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m. with a rosary being prayed at 7 p.m.; Thursday, November 6, 2014 from 8 a.m. until services.