Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Snell, John 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 17, 2010, 8:09 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, May 24, 2007 John Snell (raised in Ionia, Michigan) passed away peacefully in the early hours of Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at the Veterans Hospital in West Los Angeles, California. He was born July 8, 1946, the son of Richard and Signora Snell. A 1964 graduate of Ionia High School, he attended Grand Rapids Junior College and Western Michigan University where he received a BA in marketing. Mr. Snell was a Fire Direction Officer in the Field Artillery of the United States Army during the Vietnam War and achieved the rank of First Lieutenant. He settled in California in 1972 and has lived in Ventura for the last 15 years where he was a general contractor and kitchen designer. John's passion for cooking was appreciated by his friends and clients. His hobbies included tennis, photography and guitar. He was a member of the Pierpoint Racquet Club where he played tennis and practiced yoga. Mr. Snell is survived by his brother David, nieces Cassandra Snell and Samantha Bos, and great-niece Breanna Cutler. Memorials may be made to the Thymoma Cancer Research Fund. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/snell8151nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb