Published: November 03, 2009 08:24 pm         

Kennith Loris Snider

Published 11-4-09

Enid, OK — The funeral for Kennith Loris Snider, 88, of Wood-ward, will be 10:30 a.m. today, Nov. 4, 2009, at New Horizon United Metho-dist Church. The Rev. Thomas Corrigan will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Army. Arrangements are by Billings Funeral Home, Woodward.

He was born April 7, 1921, in Buffalo to Hurley and Marium Painter Snider and died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Oklahoma Veterans Center, Clinton.

He was raised north of Buffalo and attended a rural country school. He was inducted into the Army Aug. 21, 1942, serving during World War II. He was honorably discharged Oct. 3, 1945.

He returned to Buffalo, where he worked for the town of Buffalo.

He married Alberta Mae Mills April 26, 1947, in Ashland, Kan. They moved to Woodward in 1957, where he owned and operated a backhoe business from 1957 until he retired due to ill health. He was a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1335, where he held several offices. He also was active with Kids Inc. and helped build baseball fields at Lyons Park. He was a member of Moose Lodge.

Surviving are three sons, Steve Snider, Bruce Snider and Kenny Snider, all of Woodward; three sisters, Loretta Ogan of Fresno, Calif., Sybil Vincent of Kansas City, Kan., and Carolyn Madison of Garber; one brother, Don Snider of Woodward; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife, Alberta, he was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to the VFW.

Condolences may be made at www.billingsfuneralhome woodward.com.