Dorothy "Dottie" Knapp passed away on October 27th, 2018 in Fort Pierce, FL from injuries sustained in a car accident on October 4th, 2018. Dottie was born in Dover, New Jersey and moved to Florida as a teenager where she lived in the Orlando area. After graduating high school Dottie got her barbers license and opened a large hair salon in central Orlando. After selling her salon she married Robert Knapp and started a family. After her children grew up she went back to school and became a respiratory therapist where she worked for Lee Memorial Health System for 19 years. Dottie had a love for wolves, her dog Toby, and cat Allie.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Edith Warner and her daughter, Mary.
She leaves behind Robert Knapp; son, Steve and his wife Leah Knapp; sister-in-law, Noreen and her husband Bruce Weller, nieces, Ashley and Breanna.
A memorial service will be held November 3rd at 11am at Hodges Funeral Home at Memorial Park, 12777 State Road 82, Fort Myers, FL 33913. For information call 239-334-4880.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to Seacrest Wolf Preserve, 3449 Bonnet Pond Rd. Chipley FL. 32428 or www.yellowstone.org.
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