Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, Mary Elizabeth (nee Colvin) November 10, 1899
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Berrien Springs Journal Era, Wed. November 15, 1899, page 3
Berrien Springs Journal Era, Wed. November 15, 1899, page 3

Death of Mrs. Snyder

	Mrs. Joseph Snyder has been ill for several months and her friends have
considered her beyond permanent help for some time.  It was not, therefore, a
cause for surprise when they heard that she was dead.
	Mary Elizabeth Colvin was born in Buchanan township in 1841 and there grew up
to womanhood and was married to Joseph Snyder in 1860.  About 1876 the family
removed to the west and for eighteen years lived in Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota
but retuned in 1894 and purchased a fine farm in Berrien township that has since
been their hom.  Five children have been born to them, all living.  They are: 
Lawrence W., J.W., J.B., Leslie C. and Lillie, wife of Sanford Collins of North
Bend, Neb.  Lawrence is at Vicksburg, Miss., in the employ of a great lumber
company,  The other sons are now at home.  Lawrence came in time to see his
mother before her death and will return in a few days; Mrs. Collins could not be
present.  Mrs. Snyder leaves three surviving brothers and a sister. They are
Austin W. Colvin of this place, Thos. J. of Shelby, this state, Sam W. of
Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Perlina Palmer of Denison, Texas.
	Mrs. Snyder has been a faithful mother to her children and her efforts for her
family had won her the respect of all who know her.  She was a woman of sately,
fine appearance and her social position was a good one.
	She died Friday, Nov. 10, 1899, and was buried the next day from Long Lake
church, Rev. Wm. Roe of Buchanan conducting the service.  A choir went from this
village and assisted in the solemn ceremony.  A large attendance of neighbors
and friends atttested the regard in which the deceased was held.

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