Raymond "Ray" Snyder

1936 - 1947  (11 years)

• Name	Raymond "Ray" Snyder
  Born	13 Jan 1936  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-217300
  Died	21 Jul 1947	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: accident
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Person ID	I217300	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Arthur K. Snyder,   b. 16 Jun 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1968, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lillie May Witmer,   b. 10 Sep 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1997  (Age 101 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1920	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F42008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ERNEST ROTH, GLEN SCHWARTZENTRUBER, RAYMOND SNYDER Kitchener, July 22 - Motoring to Au Gres, Michigan yesterday to attend the funeral of a brother, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roth, of Baden, were reached as they prepared to cross the border at Sarnia and informed their son, Ernest, 21, had been killed with two friends in a railway crossing crash near their home. Today they arranged for the funeral of their young son. The other victims were Glen Schwartzentruber, 16, and Raymond Snyder, 11. All were Mennonites. The three were killed instantly when struck by a Canadian National Railways train in charge of Edward Milner, Toronto, conductor, and William Flint, Toronto, engineer, on a crossing leading to the Samuel Roth farm. They were returning from a field, where they had been dusting potatoes. Roth, who was married to the former Mildred Roth last September, also is survived by his parents, one brother, Calvin, and two sisters, Agness and Mrs. Rufus Bender, Baden. Schwartzentruber, a son of Mr. And Mrs. Simon Schwartzentruber, is survived by his parents, six brothers, Arthur, Nyle, Clare, Elverne, Simon and Waybe, and six sisters, Leona, Ellen, Erma, Rita, Ruth and Arlene, all at home. Snyder is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Snyder; a brother, Vernus, at hoem, and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bechtel, Mrs. Ethel Roth and Ruth Snyder, all of Baden. Kitchener Daily Record 23 Jul 1947 ___________________________________ Snyder.-Ray, son of Arthur and Lilly (Witmer) Snyder, was born in Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Co., Ont., Jan. 13, 1936; died July 21, 1947; aged 11 y. 6 m. 8 d. He met his death along with Glen Schwartzentruber and Ernest Timothy Roth, in a railway crossing accident on the farm of Samuel S. Roth, near Baden, Ont. Surviving are his parents, one grandfather (Isaiah Witmer, Kitchener, Ont.), one brother (Vernus), 3 sisters (Pearl-Mrs. Delford Bechtel, Ethel-Mrs. Henry Roth, and Ruth, all of Baden, Ont.), and many other relatives and friends. He confessed Christ as his Saviour in a personal interview with James Martin. He was a bright and cheerful boy. Funeral services were held at the home, in charge of James Martin, followed by joint services at the Geiger Church, New Hamburg, Ont., in charge of James Martin, Osiah Horst, and Curtis Cressman. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery, in a double grave. Gospel Herald - Volume XL, Number 25 - September 16, 1947 - pp. 542, 543

  
  

• Sources

  [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Ernest Roth, Glen Schwartzentruber, Raymond Snyder - 23 Jul 1947.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - Cause: accident - 21 Jul 1947 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth