Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, June Constance 2007
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, March 13, 2007
June Constance Bercin Snyder, 82, of State College, died Thursday, March 1, 
2007, under hospice care following a brief illness.  She was born on June 10, 
1924, in Detroit, Mich. to the late Louis D. and Margarete Guhse Bercin of 
Armada, Mich.  She lived there until 1942 when she married Abram Payne Snyder 
of Pontiac, Mich. who preceded her in death. 

Their early married years were spent farming in Riley Center, Mich., after 
which Mr. Snyder’s career took them to Reed City, Ionia, Marquette and East 
Lansing, Mich., and Lahore, Pakistan. In 1970, Mr. Snyder joined the faculty 
at Penn State, where the couple spent their remaining years. Following Mr. 
Snyder’s retirement, they spent winters in Clearwater, Fla. 

She pursued her baccalaureate degree at Northern Michigan University and 
Michigan State University before graduating from Penn State in 1976. In her 
fifties, she entered the work force fulltime as an admissions counselor at 
Penn State.  Throughout her life, she held many volunteer and leadership 
positions. She was a trustee of the Lahore American School, long-time member 
of the American Association of University Women and, in retirement, an active 
participant in the Centre County Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP). 

After her husband’s death in 1991, Mrs. Snyder maintained her State College 
residence and late last year moved into the assisted living facility, Pine 
Castle, at Brookline Village. She was an enthusiastic golfer and an avid 
bridge player. She belonged to several local bridge groups and thoroughly 
enjoyed their company. She gardened, hosted her large family and followed the 
accomplishments of grandchildren. 

She is survived by her six children, Bob Snyder and his wife, Sally, 
Hopkinton, Mass.; Mary Armstrong and her husband, Tom, Ann Arbor, Mich., Sarah 
Wiand and her husband, Burton, Clearwater, Fla.; Martha Taggart, Arlington, 
Va.; Patricia Johnson and her husband, Scott, Orleans, Mass., and John Snyder 
and his wife, Chrissy, Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa.; her 17 grandchildren; 
sisters Bette Singer, Seattle, Wash.; Margaret Spencer, Armada, Mich., and 
Avis Voorhees, Stewart, Fla.; and brothers Albert Bercin, Merritt Island, 
Fla.; and Richard Bercin, San Diego, Calif. 

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Dr. 
Extension, State College, PA 16801.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
contributions can be made to Centre County Meals-on-Wheels and Senior Meals 
Program, 205 S. Garner Street, State College, PA 16801; National Public Radio, 
635 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001; and the Pancreatic Cancer 
Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000, El Sagundo, CA 90245.


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