OBIT: John Henry SNYDER, 1940, Pocahontas, Somerset County, PA

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JOHN HENRY SNYDER

  John Henry Snyder of Pocahontas, Pa., died at his home Aug. 16, 1940, at the 
age of 69 years and five days.  His death, which came very suddenly and 
unexpectedly, was caused by a coronary embolism.
  Mr. Snyder was born at Mt. Savage, Md., and was a son of the late John and 
Mary Shultz Snyder, who were natives of Germany.  He is survived by his wife, 
Annie Evora Sipple Snyder, and the following children: William R., Lawrence and 
Lester, of Meyersdale; Robert F., of Greenville Township; Mildred, at home; Mrs. 
Mary Bittner, of California, Pa., and Hazel Mankamyer of Larimer Township.  He 
is also survived by one brother, Peter Snyder, of Eckhart Mines, Md.
  The funeral was held Monday, Aug. 19th, at St. Mark's Evangelical and Reformed 
Church, at Pocahontas, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger.  
Burial was in the Greenville Cemetery, near the Greenville Lutheran Church, 
under the direction of Stanley M. Thomas, mortician of Salisbury.

Meyersdale Republican, August 22, 1940