Avis de décès de Joan-E. Snyder

Joan E. Snyder AmsterdamJoan E. Snyder, of Amsterdam, passed away peacefully at home on April 11, 2013. Her loving children were by her side. She was born in New York City on March 6, 1930 the daughter of the late David S. and Esther Waldron DeVault. Joan was a self-employed, she designed and sewed custom textiles and quilts. She attended Albright School of Art in Buffalo, NY. She enjoyed swimming and taught children at the Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School in Amsterdam. She was also a teacher at a nursery school for many years. Joan enjoyed tennis, but most of all loved to ski, traveling the United States to various mountains as well as traveling to ski in Argentina. She married Duane Snyder on January 1, 1955 they shared a beautiful union of over 45 years until his passing in 2002. Her loving family includes her son, Derek Snyder of Rexford; daughters, Gretchen J. Pawling (Peter) of Amsterdam and Becki J. LaGrange (Watson) of Fort Johnson; and grandchildren, Nicholas Pawling (Amanda), Melissa Klementowski and Anthony Sculco. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. at the Betz Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Ave. Amsterdam, NY 12010. Family and friends are invited to visit from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. before the service at the funeral home. Rev. Cynthia Leonard will officiate. Burial will take place privately at Fairview Cemetery in Amsterdam. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the Community Hospice of Amsterdam, the ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=ACS'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=dailygazette'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=American Cancer Society'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/donateonlinenow/Legacy/index?dn=mem&fn=Joan&ln=Snyder'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Joan'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Snyder'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1897743140'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1897743140'; document.write("<a href='" + adClkUrl + "' target=_blank>American Cancer Society<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /></a>"); }()); or the Montgomery County SPCA. Please visit the family's online guestbook at www.brbs funeral.com.