OBIT: Alfred Ray "Pappy" SNYDER, 1995, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SNYDER
  
  Alfred Ray "Pappy" Snyder, 90, Boynton Beach, Fla., formerly of
  Sipesville, died Nov. 13, 1995, in West Palm Beach, Fla.  Born Feb.
  18, 1905, in Somerset County, son of the late Joseph and Nora
  (DeArmitt) Snyder.  Preceded in death by his wife, Ruth (Stahl)
  Snyder, June 21, 1984.  Survived by these children: Betty D. Fritz.,
  Boynton Beach, Fla., and Carolyn E. Thomas, Berlin; four
  grandchildren:  Jerry Fritz, Grantsville, Md.; Ralph S. Fritz, North
  Palm Beach, Fla.; Linda Gerhard, Meyersdale, and Terry Thomas,
  Somerset; eight great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren
  and one brother, Russell Snyder, New Jersey.  He was a member of the
  Sipesville Church of the Brethren.  Formerly employed by
  Consolidation Coal Company and retired from the Somerset State
  Hospital.  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday
  (today), and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, in Robert H. Halverson
  Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday,
  Rev. Danny R. Bailey officiating.  Interment, Stoystown IOOF
  Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the
  Sipesville Church of the Brethren.
  
  Daily American, November 16, 1995
  
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