OBIT: Lydia (GLESSNER) SNYDER, 1979, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LYDIA GLESSNER SNYDER
  
    Mrs. Lydia Glessner Snyder, 81, of 123 Broadway, Meyersdale, died
  Sept. 2;, 1979 in Bedford.  Born May 6, 1898, in Meyersdale, the
  daughter of the late Charles Frederick and Anna (Poschman)
  Glessner.  She was preceded in death by a brother, A.C. Glessner,
  Jan. 19, 1931 and a sister Elizabeth N. Glessner, April 29, 1974.
    She is survived by two sons: Barry J. Snyder, of Bedford, and Jack
  N. Snyder of Rockford, Ill., one grandson, Barry Timothy Snyder, of
  Bedford.  Also three nephews: Albert C. Glessner, Warsaw, Va.,
  Charles H. Glessner, Pittsburgh, and Fred S. Glessner, Wexford.
    She was employed by the Second National Bank of Meyersdale, for 16
  years, as bookkeeper and teller, also employed by the First National
  Bank of Confluence for 5 years, before her marriage to E.T. Cecil
  Snyder, September 14, 1941.  Mr. Snyder passed away November 20, 1973.
    She was a life long member of Amity United Church of Christ, and a
  member of the Choir since she was 12 years old.  She was a soloist,
  and with her sister Elizabeth, sang duets at various functions, here
  and throughout the county.
    She was a member of Trinity Chapter 138, OES, Somerset; Forbes Road
  Chapter, DAR, Somerset; Past President of the Meyersdale Woman's Club;
  Past President of the Meyersdale Business & Professional Women's Club;
  Meyersdale Garden Club, and Hillcrest Grange, where she was a member
  of the Chorus.  She was also a member of the Somerset County
  Historical & Genealogical Society.
    Funeral service will be held in William Rowe-Price Funeral Home,
  Inc., Meyersdale, with the Rev. Lloyd E. Sechriest officiating. 
  Interment in the Reformed Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, September 6, 1979
  
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