Marion V Snyder

December 10, 2014, in Jensen Beach FL. After 89 years,

her heart simply and unexpectedly wore out. She

lived a full and happy life and loved her family. No one

ever saw Marion looking anything but perfectly put

together, and her home was always just as neat and

attractive, an inviting place that she loved to

decorate. She was exceptionally kind and never said

a bad word about anyone. Marion was born on Staten

Island, NY, on August 17, 1925. When she was 7 years

old, her father died and her widowed mother moved

Marion and her two brothers, John and Ormond, to

California.

During World War II she was a "Rosie the Riveter"

and an electrical worker at an aircraft factory. She

met Jack J. (Jake) Snyder, gunner's mate chief, U.S.

Navy, at a dance in Santa Monica and married him on

February 22, 1946, in Yuma, AZ. As a Navy wife, she

moved with him to Virginia, Germany, back to Virginia,

then Maryland, and finally Florida. They were a

boating family, and they had many adventures on the

Chesapeake Bay and the Severn River in Maryland.

Marion loved movies and shopping, antiquing, jewelry,

having her family over for dinner, and eating out at

restaurants. For almost 30 years, she and Jake spent

summers in Maine at their home on the water near Bar

Harbor, where she enjoyed watching the seals basking

on the rocks.

Marion had one son, Stephen, who, along with his

wife, Lynne, was devoted to her. She also had a

granddaughter, Kathleen Snyder of Charleston, SC; a

grandson, Stephen Jr. (Joey) who died in 2001; and a

great-grandson, Ethan Snyder of Pittsburgh, PA. The

whole family will miss her terribly, but after 68 years

of marriage, Jake is the one really lost without her.

Marion will be cremated. Visitation will be 6-7 pm on

Friday, December 19, 2014, followed by a memorial

service at 7 pm, at Aycock Funeral Home, 950 NE

Jensen Beach Blvd, Jensen Beach, FL. In lieu of

flowers, donations can be made to Wounded Warrior

Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate