Tipp City Herald

May 21, 2008 

SNELL, MARY - Mary Trost Snell, 87, of Tipp City, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Kettering Medical Center.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Elizabeth Ross Trost and Joseph Trost; and three brothers, Joseph, Kenneth and Robert Trost.  She is survived by one son, Chris and daughter-in-law, Jacqueline Snell of Jupiter, Fla.; one daughter, Christina and son-in-law, Don Zacharia of Scarsdale, N.Y.; five grandchildren, Erika Snell, Kirsten (David) Pollin, Karen (Raymond) Paretzky-Zacharia, Jeff (Frederique) Zacharia, and Jennifer (Andrew) McMurray-Zacharia; and 10 great-grandchildren, Lily, Stella, Michael, Joshua, Ben, Thomas, Josephine, Nina, Zachary and Julia.  Snell is also survived by daughter-in-law, Judy Snell, along with several nieces and nephews.  She was a lover of all animals, especially birds and her beloved cats, Punkin and Gatto.  Mary was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Covington, as well as Sugar Grove Bible Church in Frederick.  The family would like to thank her loving neighbors, Phyllis and Jack Link, Phyllis and Danny Reese and her niece Jayne and husband, Dr. Steve Powell; along with her caregivers, Becky, Jodi, Penny and Tracy.  A special thanks to the caring doctors and staff at the Kettering Medical Center.  Funeral services were held Monday at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, Tipp City.  Interment followed at Maple Hill Cemetery.

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