Gordon Leander Snyder

1918 - 2004  (85 years)

• Name	Gordon Leander Snyder
  Born	22 Oct 1918	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - RAF
  Residence	108 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-297488
  Died	20 Jan 2004	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I297488	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Leander Snyder,   b. 15 Jun 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1924, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elmina Kraft,   b. 20 Aug 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Nov 1957, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1891  [3]
  Family ID	F39337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eileen Mary Foster,   b. 1916, Sheffield, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 5 Apr 1999, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F260253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Gordon Leander Snyder

  
  

• Notes

  Cambridge SNYDER Gordon Leander - At Cambridge Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday January 20, 2004, in his 86th year He was the last survivor of the children of the late Leander and Elmina (Kraft) Snyder. Dear father of Douglas and his wife Nancy of Dundas, Reginald of Waterloo, Thomas and his wife Bonnie of Kitchener, Michael and his wife. Bonnie of Kitchener, Barrie and his wife Linda of Ottawa, Catherine Snyder of Cambridge. Also survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Predeceased by his wife, Eileen Fos ter (1998); brothers, Harold, Arthur and Stuart and sisters, Laurene Shantz, Nora Weber and Eva Shantz. Mr. Snyder was born in Waterloo Township on October 22, 1918 and has been a resident of the area most of his life. He retired in 1983 after 27 years with Avco New Idea Farm Equipment and was a member of St. John's Anglican Church. He served as air crew with the 101 squadron of the R.A.F. in Europe during the Second World War. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd. Cambridge on Thursday January 22, 2004 from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will take place at St. John's Anglican Church, 567 Queenston Rd., on Friday, January 23, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. Interment will take place at the Park Lawn Cemetery,Cambridge. Friends and family are invited to share their tributes at www.mem.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 12. [S356] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Parklawn CC#4504 Internet Link . Snyder/ Gordon L./ 1918 - / Eileen M./ 1916 - 1999. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 26, 1924 - Obituary of Leander Snider.

  
  

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  Born - 22 Oct 1918 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Jan 2004 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth