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Peter William Snell Jr.

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Peter William Snell Jr.

Birth
Ware, Union County, Illinois, USA
Death
29 Aug 1991 (aged 94)
Egypt Mills, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Thebes, Alexander County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2269444, Longitude: -89.4575
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Son of Peter and Dona Huddleston Snell.
Married to Gladys Marie Benefield October 15, 1924 in Cairo, IL.
Father of four children with Gladys.
They divorced and Gladys married Charles J. McFatridge on 2 Mar 1946.
Gladys died July 15, 1948 and is buried in Anna, Illinois.
Peter was married to Caroline Emma Amanda Mueller Sander on December 31, 1949.

Obituary in the Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau, MO on 1 Sep 1991.

Peter William Snell, Jr.
EGYPT MILLS – Peter William Snell, Jr., 94, Egypt Mills Route 1, died Thursday at his home.
He was born Aug. 9, 1897, at Ware, IL, son of Peter and Dona Huddleston Snell. He and the former Gladys Benefield were married Oct. 15, 1924, in Cairo. She died July 15, 1948. He later married Amanda Mueller Dec. 31, 1949. She died May 7, 1983.
Snell had worked for Illinois Central Railroad, and was a member of Scriptural Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a son, of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, of Danville, CA; two brothers, of Gale, IL; a sister, of Gale; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, daughter, four brothers, two sisters and two grandchildren.
Funeral service will at 1 p.m. Monday at Scriptural Church. The Rev. Fred Faughn will officiate, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes, IL.
Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.
Son of Peter and Dona Huddleston Snell.
Married to Gladys Marie Benefield October 15, 1924 in Cairo, IL.
Father of four children with Gladys.
They divorced and Gladys married Charles J. McFatridge on 2 Mar 1946.
Gladys died July 15, 1948 and is buried in Anna, Illinois.
Peter was married to Caroline Emma Amanda Mueller Sander on December 31, 1949.

Obituary in the Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau, MO on 1 Sep 1991.

Peter William Snell, Jr.
EGYPT MILLS – Peter William Snell, Jr., 94, Egypt Mills Route 1, died Thursday at his home.
He was born Aug. 9, 1897, at Ware, IL, son of Peter and Dona Huddleston Snell. He and the former Gladys Benefield were married Oct. 15, 1924, in Cairo. She died July 15, 1948. He later married Amanda Mueller Dec. 31, 1949. She died May 7, 1983.
Snell had worked for Illinois Central Railroad, and was a member of Scriptural Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a son, of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, of Danville, CA; two brothers, of Gale, IL; a sister, of Gale; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, daughter, four brothers, two sisters and two grandchildren.
Funeral service will at 1 p.m. Monday at Scriptural Church. The Rev. Fred Faughn will officiate, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes, IL.
Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.


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