Wilbur E. Snyder Sr., 69, of Traverse City, died Tue evening at the Michigan Veterans’ Facility in Grand Rapids following a lengthy illness.
He was a veteran of WWII and served in the European theater. He attained the rank of Corporal T-5, and was awarded ribbons with two Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medals, and the Victory Medal. Following military discharge he returned to Fife Lake, where he was a dairy farmer for 10 years. In 1958 he moved to Traverse City where he worked as an attendant nurse at the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital for 30 years. He drove a school bus for the Traverse City Public Schools. He belonged to St. Francis Catholic Church and Cherryland VFW Post No. 2780. He married Dorothy Timmins on February 25, 1941 in Kalkaska.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; three sons, Richard L. Snyder of Flint, and William D and Michael W. Snyder both of Traverse City; two daughters, Mrs.
"Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7H-RMDT : accessed 17 July 2015), Wilbur E Snyder Sr, ; citing various offices and archives, Michigan.
