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SNODGRASS, Gene

Source: Kingman Star Tuesday, April 25, 1989

 Oxford—Gene Snodgrass, 67, 205 N. Howard St., Oxford, died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 1989 at his home. He had been in ill health for six months but death was unexpected.

  He was born Feb. 2, 1922 in Muncie. He moved to Benton County in 1936 and lived at Templeton. He was married May 6, 1943 in Oxford to Julia Nichols, who survives.

  He was a 1940 graduate of Oxford High School. He was a plumbing and heating contractor and was serving as the Oxford Park superintendent.

  He followed Purdue and high school basketball and youth athletic programs in Benton County. He played for the Oxford blue devils basketball team in 1940 and also played for the Dan Patch Pacers semi-pro basketball team.

  He was a member of Oxford United Methodist Church, Fowler American Legion, Oxford Lions Club, Pine Village Masonic Lodge, a member and past commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8596 and a former member of the Oxford Town Board.

  He served in the Army during World War II in the European Theater. He was a sergeant with the 48th Railroad Combat Engineers.

  Surviving besides his wife are three sons, Michael, Indianapolis; Melvin, Oxford, and Randy, Scottsburg; one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Lori) McKinney, Mulberry, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a sister.

  Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Monday in Oxford United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mary Alice Bradish officiating. Burial was in Oxford West Cemetery.

  Hahn Funeral Home, Oxford, was in charge of arrangements. -s
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