RONALD E. SNELL, 78, of Zephyrhills died Monday at home. A native of Lake City, Mich., he moved to this area in 1974 from Gaylord, Mich. He was a teacher and member of First United Methodist Church, Disabled American Veterans, Masons, Moose, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Michigan Education Association. He is survived by his wife, Onalie; a son, Ronald of Gaylord; two daughters, Judith Martenson of Gaylord and Valarie of Grand Blanc, Mich.; three sisters, Karon Edington of Napa Valley, Calif.,and Fern Shryer and Kathleen Clark, both of Cheboygan, Mich.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Tampa.