OBIT: Elmer Harrison SNYDER, 1977, formerly of Stoystown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SNYDER
  
  Elmer Harrison Snyder, 88, of Bedford RD 2, formerly of Stoystown RD
  1, died Oct. 18, 1977 in Bedford County Memorial Hospital.  Born Oct.
  21, 1888 in Paddytown, Somerset County, son of Peter James and
  Victoria (McClintock) Snyder.  Preceded in death by parents, three
  brothers and seven sisters.  Survived by widow, the former Bessie
  Elma Brown, and the following children:  Mrs. Harold (Blanche Ferne)
  Wentz of Stoystown; Amos D. of Bedford; and Sister Dorothy Evelyn of
  Mont Claire; five grandsons; and eight great grandchildren.  Brother
  of Mrs. Toylie Shaffer of Hooversville RD 1.  A retired Quemahoning
  Township farmer and general building contractor.  Member of the
  Horner Lutheran Church and District Council 142 Brotherhood of
  Carpenters and Jointers of America.  Death ends a marriage union of
  66 years.  Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. 
  Thursday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown.  Remains will be removed
  to the Horner Lutheran Church to lie in state from 1 p.m. until
  services at p.m. Friday, the Rev. William H. Snyder officiating. 
  Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown.  If friends prefer,
  donations may be made to American Cancer Society.
  
  Daily American, October 20, 1977
  
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