Early Family Life
| Bob & Zalene Breeden adopted four (4) children during their marriage. Below are the original adoption announcements in birth order (L to R), bearing the name, date and location of each. (Click on each item to enlarge) |
| Wade Franklin Breeden Born: 9-21-1956 Jacksonville, NC Adopted at Birth |
| Kenneth Wayne Breeden Born: May 7, 1959 Died: January 28, 2005 Aleutian Islands, Alaska Adopted at Age 2 |
| Rebecca Darlene Breeden Born: August 6, 1962 Anchorage, Alaska Adopted at Birth |
| Jonathan Russell Breeden Born: December 16, 1967 Fayetteville, NC Adopted at Birth |
| Bob surprises Zalene while she's holding the diaper pail. |
| Zalene, Frank & Bob (taking photo) are being transported across the Tanana river via motorboat by Alaskan missionary, Alan Patterson (rear), to visit a Native American Village church in Tanacross, Alaska (1960). The Patterson's and Breeden's attended the same church together back in New Jersey (Haddon Heights, NJ) from 1957-1959. |
| Zalene with Frank and Ken on the way to Dawson City, Yukon Territory. |
| Zalene with Frank and Ken at home in Alaska (May, 1961). |
| With the in-laws (Carrie & James Breeden) in Buena Vista, VA |
| Early Driver Education |
| At Becky's first birthday party. August, 1963 (Alaska) |
| Next door to Zalene's parents lived Mark Cannon's (pictured) grandparents. Mark and Zalene's children, nephews & nieces often played together. |
| Easter, 1965 in Tampa, Florida. The Breeden kids and Tompkins cousins (Niece & Nephew to Bob Breeden). (L to R) Anne Tompkins, Wade Franklin, Mike Tompkins, Kenny and Becky. |
| The Base Commander at Fort Bragg, NC poses with the Breeden Family on the occasion of Major Breeden's retirement from the Army in 1968. (LtoR: Base Commander, Becky, Bob, Ken, Frank, Zalene.) |
| Easter, 1968. Russ is 5 months old. (Davis, NC) |
| Easter, 1969. Everyone is able to stand on their own. (Davis, NC) |
| Photos |
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