OBIT: Bruce R. SNYDER, 1980, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BRUCE R. SNYDER Bruce R. Snyder, 23, of RD 1, Accident, Md.; died from injuries suffered in a 90-foot fall May 18, 1980, from a gas well near Old Fields, W. Va. Snyder was being employed by the Delta Drilling Company. He was born in Pittsburgh, and was a son of Byron Snyder and Shirley (Drenning) Snyder, Grantsville, Md. He was a 1974 graduate of Northern High School. Surviving besides his parents are his widow, Mrs. Rhonda (Tanner) Snyder; two brothers, Vernon Snyder, Accident, Md.; Stephen Snyder, Grantsville, Md.; a sister, Miss Celeste Snyder, Grantsville, Md.; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Snyder, Friendsville, Md.; and maternal grandparents, Russell Drenning and Margaret Drennel, Pittsburgh. Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville. Services were conducted in the funeral home by Atlee Snyder. Interment will be in Bittinger Cemetery. The Republic, May 22, 1980 [S2267]