Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Frederick Douglas Snyder

Male 1920 - 2005  (85 years)


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  • Name Frederick Douglas Snyder 
    Born 1920  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military WW2 
    Residence 1921  91 Locust St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-193956 
    Died 3 Jun 2005  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I193956  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Walter Fredrick Snyder,   b. Mar 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Maude Knechtel,   b. 25 Sep 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F244017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lorraine Voelker 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Snyder
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F54876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Frederick Douglas Snyder 1920 - 2005 On Friday, June 3, 2005, Fred, still full of curiosity, entered into his final adventure. He received his wish for a peaceful crossing over, in his own bed, surrounded by his family. He will be deeply missed by his dear Lorraine and his children, Karen Snyder, Nan and Doug Cressman and Bev and Donnie Moores. Fred was a wonderful grandpa to Martha Snyder, Sarah and Paul Cressman, Talitha May, Stacey Weber and Charis Moores, as well as his great-grandchildren. Fred's lifelong concern for others found expression in many ways. His teaching career spanned all levels of education, from Suddaby Public School, through many years in Guidance at KCI and into the founding years of Conestoga College. His commitment to others was also demonstrated by community involvement with groups such as Y's Men, Canadian Mental Health Association, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, Habitat for Humanity, House of Friendship, RAISE and Mennonite Central Committee. Midlife was a time of deepening transformation for Fred. Early retirement also allowed him the freedom to invest more fully in issues of global concern. In the second half of his life, Fred worked for peace through Project Ploughshares, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms and Conscience Canada. Fred's Christian faith, undergirding all he did, was supported over his lifetime by his membership in Zion United Church, K-W Housechurches and Olive Branch Mennonite Church. A memorial service celebrating Fred's life will be held at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, on Saturday, June 11, 2005, at 3 p.m. with Reverend Oz Cole-Arnal officiating. A reception will be held following the service in the Fireside Reception Room of the funeral home. A private family interment has taken place. In Fred's memory, donations may be made to Mennonite Central Committee or Habitat for Humanity, Waterloo Region. Condolences/Donations/Flowers www.edwardrgood.com 745-8445

      THE RECORD - Jun. 6, 2005

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      Fred Snyder from Ontario also signed up with the Canadian air force in 1941, went overseas, and served as a radar mechanic. For him the reality of war was restricted in the early years to impersonal blips on a radar screen. But after VE Day he saw the bombed-out German cities and said: 'We moved into Germany and I can recall ... Dueren, a town the size of Kitchener at that time, a beautiful place, but as we approached, it seemed ... it was just a pile of rubble one storey deep ... The stench of the dead, five months later, was sickening. We were bombing very precisely and just slaughtering that whole population. Canadians, British and Americans were doing this! That's when I first sensed that it was sickening on both sides, that we were not better than the Germans." When he set out in 1941 Snyder believed that it was his patriotic duty to serve. But he said later that when a person enlists, `You park your brains at the door and you change overnight ... In the military you don't think, you just follow instructions." After the war, he became a peace activist.

      Mennonites in Canada, 1939-1970: A People Transformed By Frank H. Epp, T. D. Regehr

  • Sources 
    1. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 7.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1920 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jun 2005 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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