Dorothy Louise (Snyder) Breedlove
Dorothy Louise (Snyder) Breedlove, of Camden, North Carolina, died peacefully surrounded by her family at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mike and Sherri McDaniel, on March 15, 2020. She was 81.
Dorothy, a former Sitka resident, was the widow of William Robert Breedlove. He died in Sitka on Sept. 16, 2004.
She was born March 29, 1938, in San Diego, California, the daughter of Alma (Schlinsog) and Vere John Snyder. After attending school in Oregon, her adventurous spirit took her north to Alaska, in 1959, where she would live for the next 56 years. She met and married William Breedlove in Anchorage, and in 1967 they came to Sitka. She moved to Camden three years ago.
She also spent time in Kapaa, Hawaii.
Dorothy was a former flight attendant for Wien Air Alaska, and in Sitka owned rental property. She was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and the Lihue Lutheran Church of Lihue, Hawaii, and belonged to the Camden Women’s Club, National Rifle Association and Sitka Elks Lodge 1662.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sherri and Mike McDaniel, and their two daughters, Saige McDaniel and Bree McDaniel, all of Camden; and several cousins.
Funeral and burial services will be held at Sitka National Cemetery. A celebration of her life will be at the Carolina Center, 110 Corporate Drive, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, with the time and date to be announced later.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be made to the Albemarle Hopeline, P. O. Box 2064, Elizabeth City, NC 27906-2064.
Twiford Funeral Home is serving the Breedlove family. Online memorial condolences may be sent to the family at www.TwifordFH.com.
