Piqua Daily Call

Wednesday, September 15, 1965

 Mrs. Ruth Snyder Services Friday

 Mrs. Ruth M. Snyder, 58, of 618 Beverly, former executive secretary of the Miami County Department of Child Welfare, died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in University Hospital, Columbus.  She had been ill one year. Born in Newberry Township, Sept. 20, 1908, she was a daughter of Anderson and Katherine Breese Adams and was married to Leonard C. Snyder in Bowling Green, Ohio, June 29, 1926. She was executive secretary of Miami County’s Child Welfare 19 years prior to retirement in November of last year due to ill health.  She had previously taught school and was a nurses aid at Piqua Memorial Hospital.  She was a state officer of the Parole and Probation Association of Ohio.  Mrs. Snyder had lived in Piqua most of her life, except for residing in Troy a period of four years. She was a member of the Congregational Christian United Church of Christ here. Surviving are her husband, Leonard, two sons, the Rev. W. Douglas Snyder of Euclid, O. and Alan Brent of Piqua; her mother, Mrs. Katherine Adams of Piqua and three grandchildren, Douglas, David and Lisa Snyder, all of Euclid; a brother, A. Harold Adams of Lavonia, Mich., and a sister, Mrs. Donald Shafer (Eileen) of Sheridan, Wyo. The Rev. Arthur Boston will conduct services at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Cron Funeral Home here.  Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Thursday and until the hour of services Friday.

Provided by Roger A. Hopkins