Maxwell Sneddon Sr.

Max was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and served as such while in Scotland and as a young adult. At the age of 13 his family came to the United States and settled in the Bronx area of New York City. From a young age, Max worked to help support his financially struggling parents. He often took on small jobs before and after school, and at 17 graduated from Stuyvesant High School. From there he quickly secured a position as an apprentice carpenter working on building the famous Rockefeller Center. Simultaneously, he attended a carpentry trade school on evenings and weekends, and joined a professional soccer team. The $25 he was paid upon completion of each game went to support his parents during the Great Depression.

By his early thirties, Max’s work ethic and perseverance paid off. He was developing subdivisions in Long Island and eventually went on to build in Ohio, New Jersey, and Colorado. He also built the first Kingdom Hall in the Bronx. On December 27, 1969, a gloriously day with over a foot of snow on the ground, Max married Carole Challinor. They were married for 48 years. Max’s first priority was providing for his extended family. If anyone ever needed help, he was always there to lend a financial hand.

After moving to Grand Junction, Max decided to return to his Jehovah’s Witness upbringing and was finally baptized at the age of 90. As he grew older, while he couldn’t physically attend the Sunday and Tuesday meetings, he always called in to listen to them. Max never really stopped working, as he was genuinely interest in the development of land and the challenges it presented, even after he no longer worked on site. He spent the remainder of his golden years enjoying family dinners, watching Fox News, reading, and doing his daily crossword puzzles.

Toward the end of his life, Max would often contribute to conversations with witty comments about his age that would surprise everyone. Even when he wasn’t feeling great, he could make a person laugh.

Max was preceded in death by his parents, William and Elizabeth Sneddon; brother, William Sneddon; sister, Betty Lacy; and his son, William Campbell Sneddon.

Max is survived by his wife, Carole Marion Sneddon; and three children, Glen McCaldon Sneddon, Joan Isabella Sneddon-Ashurst (Daniel), and Maxwell Forrest Sneddon (Misty); sister, Margaret Kolano; grandchildren, Jennifer Chace-Donahue (Jason), Kip Sneddon (Julia), Glen McCaldon Sneddon Junior (Amber), Ian Maguire (Bailey), Alec Osborne, and Bliss and Jax Sneddon; and great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Kaylee Sneddon, and Emily, Zoe, and Fiona Chance-Donahue.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1 PM on January 12, 2019, at Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses, 2334 H Road, Grand Junction, 81505.