Gladys Becker

1903 - 1958  (54 years)

• Name	Gladys Becker
  Born	22 Sep 1903	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	business, death
  Misfortune	1958
  	killed in aircraft accident
  Name	Gladys Snyder
  Residence	21 Beverly St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-50665
  Died	9 Aug 1958	Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya
  Person ID	I50665	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William P. Becker,   b. 29 May 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1954  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Anna Doering,   b. 3 May 1879, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Feb 1908  (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F36142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl Snyder,   b. 24 Aug 1899, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Aug 1958, Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya  (Age 58 years)
  Married	2 May 1956	Cape Town, , Western Cape, South Africa
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F60869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Earl Snyder, Wife Gladys Becker Die in Plane Crash" A former Kitchener woman and her husband, formerly of St. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder,were among 36 persons killed when an airliner bound from Southern Rhodesia to London, England, crashed Saturday near Benghazi, Libya. Mrs. Snyder was the former Gladys Becker. She was 54. Her husband was 58.The couple operated a 540-acre tobacco farm in Darwendale, Southern Rhodesia. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were married in Capetown, South Africa May 2, 1956. RESIDED WITH AUNT - For seven years prior to her marriage, Mrs. Snyder resided with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Bowman, 21 Beverly St., Waterloo. She and Mr. Snyder met here in 1955 when Mr. Snyder returned to visit a brother, Clive Snyder, 109 Dunbar Rd. Mr. Snyder, a native of St. Jacobs, had been away from this district for 34 years. He was a mining engineer in Africa from 1924 until he and his wife started tobacco farming over two years ago. His first wife died about five years ago. Mrs. Snyder was well-known in this district. In partnership with Miss Rose Kampman, she operated the Blessed Event Maternity Shop, 83 Ontario St. South, for about a year. NEW HAMBURG NATIVE- Previous to that she sold real estate for Kearns Insurance and Realty, Ltd. A member of Westmount Golf Club, she was also a member of the KW Granite Club and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In Darwendale she was treasurer of the Darwendale Women's Institute. Born in New Hamburg, Sept. 22, 1903, she was a daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs. William Becker. Her father predeceased her in New Hamburg five years ago and her mother, the former Anna Doering, died 51 years ago. Surviving besides her aunt in Waterloo and two nephews, is a sister, Mrs. Ader (Anna) Hind, 13 Union St. East, Waterloo. A brother, Elijah, predeceased her about 32 years ago. Mrs. Snyder was a resident of Kitchener most of her life. BORN IN ST. JACOBS - Mr. Snyder was born in St. Jacobs, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Snyder. His mother, the former Clara Snider, was a daughter of E.W.B. Snider, one of the founders of Ontario hydro. Before graduation from Montreal's McGill University in 1924, he had travelled across Canada working at a variety of jobs. Among other things, he was a railroad man in Alberta, a lumberjack in Ontario and a taxi driver in Montreal. Once he went to England as a crew member on a cattle boat. The Snyders specialized in tobacco, and their farm produced 900 pounds to the acre. Surviving besides his brother here is another brother, Kenneth ofToronto; two sons by his first marriage, Peter and Hugh of Johannesburg,S. Africa, a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Beryl) Youngman of South Africa, and two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Harkness of Burlington and Mrs. Ruby Withers of Johannesburg...." KW Record of Monday, Aug. 11, 1958

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Sep 1903 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 May 1956 - Cape Town, , Western Cape, South Africa Residence - - 21 Beverly St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Aug 1958 - Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya  = Link to Google Earth