Ralph Edwin “Mr. Ed” Snider, 90 of Akron, Ohio and formerly of Mannington, WV passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011 at his residence. He was born March 28, 1921 in Mannington, WV, a son of the late Frank V. Snider and Otie Marie Snider.
Ed is survived by 3 daughters, Rebecca Ann Yoho of Mannington, Jeanne Lipscomb and husband Robert of Palm Harbor, Florida and Carol DelRosso and husband George of Mannington and 2 sons, Ralph D. “Dud” Snider and wife Rebecca of Paden City and Roderick Snider of Akron, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
In addition to his parents, Ed was preceded in death by his wife Harriet E. Shanks Snider of July 27, 2003, as well as a brother, Jack Snider.
Ed was the founder of Snider’s Florist on October 1, 1946, which was one of the first florists to raise greenhouse mums in West Virginia. He was a United States Army Veteran of WWII, having served in Europe. He enjoyed working in his flower garden. He was awarded by the city of Akron for the beautification of his yard every year.
Family and friends may call at Masters Funeral Home, 209 Main Street, Mannington, WV on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 3-5:00 P.M. and 7-9:00 P.M. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 1:00 P.M. in the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Mannington Cemetery. Full Military Honors will be conducted by the Marion County Military Veterans Council Honor Guard and the United States Army Honor Guard. Condolences may be left for the family at mastersfuneralhomewv.com.
Condolences
Becky, Dud and all the children,
You have so many tears for your loss, and the hole left here, but think of heavens gain and the rejoicing of Hattie and Ed to be together again. I will always remember how vibrant they were together. May God give you peace and acceptance.
Rebecca, Jeanne, Carol, Dud, Rod, and family I'm very sorry to here about you're dad passing away. I wanted to stop by Masters Saturday evening, but I came down with a bad cold and thought it best not to go. My heart,thoughts, and prayers are with you.
Some of the things I'll remember about Edwin are, his great since humor and his talent for making floral arrangements especially sprays, nobody made them as good as he did. Seemed like when I would go into the shop he would always be waste deep in pieces that he cut off while making arrangements.
When I was around fourteen he gave me my first job I ever had, I helped deliver flowers, and cleaned-up around the shop, I especially remember cleaning out that basement after big floods in Mannington, what a job that was! May God Bless You and Be With You.
Sincerely
Bryan
Dud and Rebecca,
Was so sorry to hear about Edwin he was a great father and grandfather. I'm glad Jodi and Doug were able to come up to be with you ,hope that was a comfort to you.
With Love,
Shirley & Bob
Dud and Rebecca,
I pray that you will both feel God's comfort in the coming days. I am very sorry for your loss.
Margaret Pefferman
I am so sorry to hear about my Uncle Eddie. Aunt June called my daughter, Terri, when he died and Terri IM me about our loss.
I tried to find out more about the funeral by looking at the Akron and Mannington Obituaries for a week and just found it today, 10/5/11, listed on the TimesWV.com.
No one called or emailed me about any information. So I am late getting this message to you.
I am deaf and cannot call on the phone and I live alone and have no one to call for me.
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no can steal"
I pray for your confort in the days ahead. May God Bless you and keep you in His care at this time of need.
Love,
Sue, Terri, Tammi, Jennifer and my mother Alice Goudy
Aunt Tat called and told me about your loss. I am very sorry to hear about his passing and all the pain you all must be going thru. I wish I could have come to share with you but I cannot leave Deb right now. I hope you find comfort in knowing that Hattie & Eddie are back together again along with all of the others that preceeded Eddie. I will continue to pray for all of you and hope to see you one of these days.
Pappy! Remembering you on Memorial Day. I really Miss You. I am so Happy I got to pay you back by driving you home from Florida. Like you used to drive me to Florida from Ohio, so many times. I so miss those times alone with you. Just you and I. Those were the only times we had. I am having a Happy Memorial Day thinking of you. I will be on Nins and Peedles, till I see you again. I Love you Pappy..
Dear pop pop, sure wish I could've seen you another time before you left. I wrote you the letters trying to keep your spirits up. You are greatly missed. You were the best man I ever knew and a perfect role model. Just to let you know that you now have 2 great Great grand children as I just had a son named Brenden. Sure wish you could have met him.
My dearest father-in-law so much has happened over 10 yrs since you passed in life. I still wish we had more time to get to know one another but in the short time I knew you I could see why so many looked up to you and loved you. In those 3 short months i grew to love your sense of humor,kindness and warm heart. All those qualities you and Harriet instilled in Rod made me fall in love with your son. I just wanted you to know I've kept the promise i made to you. We miss and love you Ed
Rebecca and Dud,
So sorry for your loss. We will be praying for you in the coming days.
Mary Beth and Patricia Whalen