Mary M. Snyder
Mary M. Snyder, 87, of Normalville, Pa., passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2002. She was born Dec. 22, 1914, in Normalville, the daughter of the late George W. and Missouri White Prinkey.
She was a resident of Normalville, all her life. She attended Connellsville High School, was a member of the Normalville United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher, was church secretary and church pianist, and was a member of The Women’s Society of the Church.
She was a member of The Fayette Mountain Craft Club, a 4-H Leader of the Somerset Viking Sewing Club, and a former member of The Mill Run Grange.
Her hobbies included flower gardening and handcrafts.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Surviving are her husband, Elmer W. Snyder to whom she would have been married for 70 years on June 18, 2002; four daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Betty) Biler of Normalville, Margaret O’Brien of Macedonia, Ohio, Mrs. Gerald (Ann) Kinneer Sr., of Acme, and Mrs. John (Helen Kay) Porterfield of Normalville; ten grandchildren, Brenda and Joanne Biler, Phillip, John and Mary Ann O’Brien, Gerald Jr., Robert, Deborah and James Kinneer and John Porterfield; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles, Russell and Harry Prinkey; two sisters, Elsie and Helen Prinkey; three half-brothers, Lloyd, Elmer and Marshall Prinkey; three half-sisters, Blanche Imel, Nora Pritts and Lena Brooks; and two infant sisters, Lona and Elma Prinkey.
Friends will be received in THE CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME on Route 711 at Melcroft, today from 7 to 9 p.m., and on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where services will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Sam Weible officiating. Committal and interment will follow in Normalville Cemetery. www.brooksfuneralhome.com