Delton N. Snyder^[1]

1903 - 1962  (58 years)

• Name	Delton N. Snyder
  Born	6 Mar 1903	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Misfortune	1962
  	killed in auto accident
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-138044
  Died	2 Feb 1962	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  	Cause: car accident
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I138044	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Ervin S. Snyder,   b. 21 Jun 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1962, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Nancy Nahrgang,   b. 11 May 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 1952, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	22 May 1895  [5]
  Family ID	F6539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beatrice Miller,   b. May 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1998, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Children	1. Myrtle Kathleen Snyder,   b. 5 Apr 1933, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Nov 2021, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   2. Donald Bruce Snyder,   b. 17 Jun 1944, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1947, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F41824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Snyder, Delton N., son of Ervin and Nancy (Nahrgang) Snyder, was born in Wilmot Twp., Ont., March 6, 1903; died at the Stratford (Ont.) General Hospital, as the result of a car accident, Feb. 2, 1962; aged 58 y. 10 m. 27 d. In 1927, he was married to Beatrice Miller, who survives. He was operator of the Snyder Transport. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Betty-Mrs. Sylvester Yantzi and Myrtle-Mrs. Venus Snyder), his father, one sister (Mrs. Oliver A. Snyder), and 7 grandchildren. One son preceded him in death. He was a member of the Shantz church, where funeral services were held Feb. 5, in charge of L. H. Witmer. Gospel Herald - Volume LV, Number 11 - March 13, 1962 page 263, 264. _________________ Baden Man Dies 3 Days After Crash STRATFORD - A third person has died as a result of injuries in a two-car collision on Highway 7 and 8, three miles south of Stratford, Tuesday. Delton N. Snyder, 58 of Baden, driver of one of the cars died in Stratford General Hospital early today. Rev. George Lamont of Knox Presbyterian Church, Mitchell, and his wife, Kathleen Ruth, 47, were instantly killed. Mr. Snyder had been reported in good condition following the accident. Born March 6, 1903 in Wilmot Township, he was the proprietor of Snyder Transport Limited and a director of Toronto Milk Transporters. He was a member of Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden, and vice-president of the Baden Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his wife, the former Beatrice Miller, whom he married in Kitchener in 1927, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sylvester (Betty) Yantzi and Mrs. Vernice (Myrtle) Snyder, both of Baden; his father, Ervin, of Hespeler; one sister, Mrs. Oliver A. Snyder, of Hespeler, and seven grand-children. A son Donald Bruce, predeceased him in 1947. The body is resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until 10 a.m. Monday when it will be removed to Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden, where Rev. Leslie Witmer will conduct the service at 2: 30 p.m. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of David Miller - 10 Oct 1944. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Delton N. Snyder - March 13, 1962. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49034939/delton-n-snyder. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 304.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1903 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: car accident - 2 Feb 1962 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth