Ada-Canyon County ID Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, Ardis M. May 3, 2004
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The Idaho Statesman, May 2004
Ardis M. Snyder, 85, of Boise, died Monday, May 3, 2004. She passed away at 
the University of Washington Medical Center with her beloved daughter at her 
side. 

Memorial Services will take place at 1 pm on Sunday July 11, at the Boone 
Memorial Presbyterian Church in Caldwell. July 11th would have been her 57th 
wedding aniversary with her beloved husband, Jerry Snyder (deceased). Burial 
will follow at Canyon Hill Cemetery.

Ardis was born Ardis Bessie McConnel on Sept. 11, 1918, on the family ranch 
near Caldwell, the second child of Walter McConnel and Bessie Vinson McConnel. 
Ardis and her brother Harry learned a love of nature and respect for the earth 
growing up on the family ranch. Ardis became a teacher at the age of 19 and 
taught for many years in the Caldwell school system. In 1947 she married 
Gerald A. Snyder. They had one daughter. Jerry died from World War II-related 
causes.

Ardis returned to teaching and later became vice principal and then principal 
of Washington Elementary School in Caldwell. In 1967, Ardis joined the Idaho 
State Department of Education, and spent many years providing leadership for 
the Migrant Education programs in Idaho. In 1974, she was named National 
Migrant Educator of the Year.

Ardis was a longtime member of Eastern Star, Delta Kappa Gamma, Soroptimist of 
Boise, and P.E.O. Chapter AQ and Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church. Ardis was 
dedicated to community service and a strong advocate for positive 
opportunities for women's education.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law of Seattle, Wash., and her 
beloved grandson of Charlotte, N.C.

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