SNYDER, Ned Ignatius

SNYDER, LOTZE, YANICK, ROSENFELD, SHORT, ROSENFELD, KLUG, EGBERT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 12/18/2013 at 21:05:25

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Obituary - Ned Ignatius Snyder
March 05, 1930 ~ October 13, 2011

PORT ISABEL, Texas — Ned Ignatius Snyder, 81, of Port Isabel, formerly of Mason City, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at home.

Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 Second Street S.W., Mason City with the Rev. Joseph Mirowski officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. today, Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue. A Trisagion Prayer Service will be held at 6 p.m. at Major Erickson Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church or Odyssey Hospice of Harlingen, Texas. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.

Ned was born March 5, 1930, in Mason City the son of Carl and Laura (Lotze) Snyder. He was raised in Mason City, attended high school in Denver, Colo., then attended Iowa State University and the University of Iowa.

He was united in marriage to Jean Yanick in 1953. He and Jean had seven children together. He served in the U.S. Air Force and Army for three years during the Korean War, attaining the rank of sergeant.

Ned joined forces with good friends and associates to form Snyder Pappajohn Insurance Agency in Mason City. He worked as an insurance agent for 43 years. He was a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa and served as its president.

He loved hunting, fishing, skiing, traveling and was an avid reader. He enjoyed nature and was active in and a member of Ducks Unlimited.

He was happily joined in marriage in 1989 with Joanne Rosenfeld. With that union brought three step-children to the family.

He was a happy, jovial and fun loving man. The family is blessed to have had a wonderful husband and father. He was a great example of a human being. His grace, his love without limits and his great sense of humor will never be forgotten. Ned was a member of the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church.

Ned is survived by his wife, Joanne of Port Isabel, Texas; seven children, Christine (Ron) Short, Diane Snyder, Scott (Kelli) Snyder, Stephen Snyder, Carl (Sandi) Snyder, Garrett (Ceci) Snyder, and Marc (Pam) Snyder; three step-children, Stephan (Stephanie) Rosenfeld, John (Cherish) Rosenfeld, and Ann Klug; 17 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren; sister, Phyllis (Gilbert) Egbert.

Ned was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Laura Snyder.

Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2013