Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, Eliza (nee Armstrong) January 12, 1902
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Berrien Springs Journal Era, Wed. Jan 16, 1902, Page 1
Berrien Springs Journal Era, Wed. Jan 16, 1902, Page 1

Death of Mrs. Snyder

	Eliza Armstrong, wife of Peter Snyder, died at the home of the family up in the
bend of the river last Sunday evening after an illness of about ten minutes. 
She had what physicians call a spasm of the glottis and simply was suffocated. 
She was buried from her late home, Wednesday, Jan 14, Rev. H.L. Potter
conducting the service.
	Mrs. Snyder was born in this village more han 57 years ago and her life has
been passed in this vicinity.  She was married in December, 1862, and five
children  have been born to the union.  The daughter died in infancy, and one
son John, about thirteen years ago when near manhood.
	Three sons survive to mourn withtheir father, the loss of an excellent wife and
mother.  The sons are all well known to our people as Harry, the eldest, and
George, the youngest have always lived here or near this place.  Frank C., the
second son has worked his way to a distinguished position amoung civil engineers
and occupies a responsible place in the track elevation in Chicago.  Two of Mrs.
Snyder's sisters have preceded her to the grave.  They were Mrs. Lucretia
Batrholomew and Mrs. Mary Fisher.  Mrs. A.B. Ayers, Mrs. Wm. D. Sparks and Geo.
Armstrong, sisters and brother, survive.  So many of her near relatives as are
living were present and saw her laid in Rose hill cemetery near the grave of her
mother whose birthday was the day of the daughter's burial.
	We are apt to speak well of the dead where nothing serious is recorded against
the deceased, but subject of this sketch was known to all old and most of the
younger residents of this vicinity, and all spoke well of her during her whole
life.  She was a loyal faithful wife, a tender mother, a kind and helpful
neighbor and one who possessed good judgement in management of household affairs
and in intercourse with those around her.  She was regarded as a woman of rather
unusual health and strength and her sudden, alost tragic, death was a shock to
all who knew her.

Additional Comments:
daughter of John and Lydia Ann Armstrong, married Peter Snyder Dec. 15 1862 in
Berrien County.

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