Anne Cameron Snider

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Anne Cameron Snider, (Anne Dunbar Richman, MD) passed away quietly on May 7, 2022, with her daughter and one granddaughter at her side, just 34 days short of her 101st birthday.
Anne's favorite adjective was "lovely." Once, when teased about how often she used that word, she reflected for a time and then replied, "It's just that there are so many lovely things in this world." Which there are; and Anne always looked for them and found them.
She was born June 10, 1921 in Brooklyn, NY, the second child (by twelve minutes) of Robert Clayton Dunbar and Alma Kopriva Dunbar. Family lore says Anne and her fraternal twin sister, Mary Frances, were born in a park, arriving ahead of schedule and with a combined weight of less than five pounds. If this is so, it is a testament to their hardiness that preemies born outside of a hospital setting in 1921 survived, thrived, and lived to old age.
The girls grew up at their parents' home near Danbury and Redding, CT, and were home schooled through their elementary years. Anne described skiing to the train station to catch a train to school, returning to the station to retrieve the skis and head home. This suggests that after a certain age they were educated in a formal school setting.
Redding, CT was something of an authors and artists enclave. The girls played with Nathaniel Hawthorne's grandchildren, acting as pages to open the sliding doors used as curtains for dramas acted out in the barn.
Ernest D. Roth, one of the finest etchers of his period, was also a family friend. Anne's sister, Mary, was an artist who learned to do etchings by studying his techniques.
Another fond childhood memory was of their pony, named Lindy after Charles Lindburgh. Anne remained a horse lover for the rest of her life.
Anne received her BA in Zoology from George Washington University in 1942. She received her MA in Biology from Colorado College, and then returned to George Washington University where she received her MD in 1949.
Anne specialized in pathology with a strong subspecialty in microbiology. She served in various positions in Delaware, District of Columbia, Colorado and Indiana from 1949-1961.
In 1961 she settled in Louisville and practiced and taught pathology until her retirement at the age of 80 in 2001. She worked at Methodist, Audubon and Southwest Hospitals over the course of her career, as well as being a partner in Clinical Pathology Associates and serving as clinical instructor and clinical professor of pathology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
Anne directed the design and construction of her house in Indian Hills, which was a nearly empty new subdivision at the time. She loved animals, and enjoyed watching the birds, squirrels, raccoons and opossum which came to eat the food she placed in feeders and scattered liberally on her patio several times a day.
She adopted several dogs and at least one cat over her time in Indian Hills. She also took great pleasure in her white Arabian, Sheik, and rode him at every opportunity. She herniated a disc in her back when she was lifting a bucket of manure into a hopper. This did not stop her from riding nor from cleaning up the stable, but she lived with back pain, for the most part without complaint, for the remainder of her life.
Anne knew most of the dogs in Indian Hills, and therefore their owners, from meeting them while out dog walking. She also had a habit of stopping whenever a car came by, looking at the driver and smiling and waving. Neighbors who did not otherwise know who she was knew her as the "lady who always waves."
Anne loved gardening and maintained many different trees, shrubs, and flowering and non-flowering plants in her extensive landscaped yard. She also enjoyed playing tennis with her friend Greta Lucas and traveling the world, often in the company of her dear friend Dr. Nettie King.
Anne married Robert Richman in 1950 and had two children, Robert Emmett and Carla Jeanne. She and Robert divorced in 1957. She was married to Claude Snider from 1965 until his death in 1994.
Anne was preceded in death by her parents; her twin sister Mary; and by both husbands. She is survived by her son Robert Emmett Richman, of Caldwell, ID; daughter Carla Jeanne Richman Gomez, of Lewiston, ID; step-daughters Melanie Snider Hamilton and Stephanie Snider Farris, both of Louisville; and by six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial donations may be made to the Humane Society or to a charity of your choice.
A graveside service will be held at 10AM Friday May 20th at Cave Hill Cemetery. Meet at the Grinstead entrance (2395 Cave Hill Rd) at 9:50AM.