Dorothy A. Thoroughgood's Obituary
Dorothy A. (Breeding) Thoroughgood, age 76, of Rehoboth Beach, DE, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Harbor Healthcare & Rehab. Center in Lewes, DE. Mrs. Thoroughgood was born February 12, 1931 in Goldsboro, MD, daughter of the late Frank and Sarah (Pierson) Breeding.
Mrs. Thoroughgood moved to Delaware and made it her home from the time she turned 18 years old. Initially, she was a waitress at the Robinhood Restaurant. Before going to work for her son in 1974 where she worked as a bookkeeper for the Thoroughgood Appliance Store, she arranged flowers at Crosby Gifts & Flowers in Rehoboth Beach. She was very involved with the Epworth United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Methodist Women Circle, the Church Choir, and she took care of the Pointsettias every Christmas. She was also a member of Unity Chapter #16, Order of the Eastern Star, Lewes. She enjoyed making ceramics and crafts. She also sheltered participants of Wondering Wheels, a group that bicycled annually from the west coast to the east coast with Rehoboth Beach being their last stop. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be missed by all who knew her.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Linwood and Walter Breeding and one sister, Myrtle Downs. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Ann Thoroughgood of Rehoboth Beach and Deborah T. Hawkins and her husband Andrew of Millsboro; two sons, William J. Thoroughgood III and his wife Shelly of Lewes and David A. Thoroughgood of Rehoboth Beach; nine grandchildren: Jennifer Turner, Tracy Tipton, Kimberly Thoroughgood, Michael Wells and his wife Kimberly, Michele Bailey and her husband Jonathan, Matthew Wells and his fiancee Janie Gibson, Patrick Thoroughgood and his girlfriend Stacy, Andrew Thoroughgood and Tyler Thoroughgood; six great-grandchildren, Katie and Lola Turner, Christian and Samuel Tipton, and Delaney and Sierra Bailey; four sisters, May Bishop, Ruth Bauer, Lillian Bishop and Barbara Porter; and her longtime best friend and confidant, Marian Ward.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 14, 2007 at 10 AM at the Epworth United Methodist Church, 20 Baltimore Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, where friends may call one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Epworth Methodist Cemetery, Henlopen Avenue, Rehoboth Beach. The Rev. Jack Abel and Rev. Charles Covington will co-officiate.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 163, Salisbury, MD 21803-0163.
Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes, DE.
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