Snyder, Mary Elizabeth Miller
Passed: 2015-03-06
Age: 92
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 2015-03-10
Information: Mary Elizabeth Snyder, 92, of Fairmont WV, and formerly of Ravenswood WV, passed away Friday, March 6, 2015, at St. Barbara's Nursing Home in Monongah WV. She was born January 21, 1923 in Morgantown WV to the late Guy Raymond and Hallie Belle Russell Miller. She grew up in Mill Creek WV and graduated from Tygarts Valley High School. She was a loving and caring person who loved time with her family, cooking, playing bridge, and Mountaineer games. She and her family lived in Kingwood WV for many years and moved to Ravenswood in 1961. She lived there until 2012, when she moved to Fairmont to live with her son, Charles. She was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Ravenswood where she was a long time choir member. She was a homemaker until her sons graduated and then she worked several years for H & R Block. She was previously a member of the Jackson General Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Snyder is survived by her five sons and their spouses, Charles and Donna Snyder of Fairmont, Ron and Marsha Snyder of Peachtree City GA, Don and Diane Snyer of Acworth GA, Roger Snyder of Fairmont, and Guy and Barbara Snyder of Mechanicsburg PA. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren, Teresa and Ted Zanardelli and son Vito of Orient OH, Monica and Tige Pratt and daughter Tia of Manassas VA, Phil and Darah Snyder and son Dylan of Huntington WV, Molly and Nat Knowles and daughter Emma of Fayetteville GA, Chris and Hannah Snyder of Burlington VT, David and Kim Snyder of Cornelius SC, Angela Snyder of Acworth GA, Matthew Brandon of Miami FL, Amy and Clevon Jones and daughter Amyrah, and son Julius of Enola PA, and Mary and George Anderson of Enola PA, and step-great-grandaughter, Gilly. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Prentiss John Snyder of Ravenswood and a sister, Jean Miller of Charleston WV. Services will be held (today) Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 11 am at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Ravenswood WV with Father Pen officiating. Burial will follow in Ravenswood Cemetery. Friends visited the family at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood WV, on Monday, March 9, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm. A rosary service was held at the funeral home on Monday at 7 pm.