Submitted by: Dan Rich
Berttha M. Snyder
Feb. 29, 1916 - Dec. 25, 2007
South Bend Tribune 12/27/2007
MISHAWAKA - Bertha was born in Mishawaka to the late Phillip and
Irma (Buysse) Vervynckt. On February 27, 1933, she
married Clyde A. Snyder at the home of his sister, Mildred B.
(Snyder) Hertel, in Mishawaka. Bertha and Clyde were
married 73 years and would have celebrated their 74th anniversary
last February 27, 2007, except for the death of Clyde on February
12. They had lived at the same address since 1937. Bertha was a
loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She died
on Christmas Day in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in
Mishawaka.
She is survived by her daughter, Patricia A.
(Robert) Sloan of Mishawaka; a son, Gary L. (Margaret)
Snyder of Davenport, FL; and a son, Dean A. Snyder of Mishawaka.
Also surviving are three granddaughters, Laura A. (Michael) Hiles
of Lafayette, IN, Rebecca A. (Douglas) Overmyer of
Montrose, CO, and Deborah A. (Keith) Mosley of Apopka, FL;
two grandsons, Brian M. (Kristi) Sloan of Middlebury, IN,
and Brent D. Snyder of Portsmouth, VA. Five great-grandchildren
also survive her, Brady and Matthew Overmyer, Christopher and
Connor Mosley, and Kourtney Sloan. A sister and brother-in-law,
Helen and Maurice Scheyving of South Bend, survive her. A
daughter, Lois A. Snyder, preceded her in death. She was also
preceded in death by a sister, Elsie Schweisberger; and
five Vervynckt brothers, Ardile, Francis ("Cece"),
Johnny, Maurice and Raymond. In 1954 the St. Joseph County
Treasurer hired Bertha, a Republican, as a counter clerk in the
tax office. Over a period of 27 years, working for several
different Democratic treasurers, she became a bookkeeper and
supervisor of the temporary Mishawaka property tax office. She
retired in 1981.
Friends may call one hour prior to services
in the Bubb Funeral Chapel, 3910 N. Main St., Mishawaka. Funeral
services will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 29, with Rev. Don Comstock officiating. Burial will follow
at Fairview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.