GERALD E. SNYDER

JACKSON -- Gerald E. Snyder, 74, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 5, 1922, in Beverly, Ill., son of Sylvan and Ethel Triplett Snyder. He and Maidie Liberta were married Nov. 11, 1944.

Snyder farmed in Centralia, Ill.. He also worked at Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Chillicothe, Ill., from 1966 until retiring in 1985. He was a member of St. Edward's Catholic Church in Chillicothe.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jim Snyder of Cape Girardeau, David Snyder of Fond du Lac, Wis., Ted Snyder of Jackson; a brother, Merl Snyder of Toledo, Ohio; a sister, Emma Kieswetter of Metamora, Ill., and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Weber Funeral Home in Chillicothe, with the Rev. Gordon Pillon officiating. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery at Lostant, Ill.

Friends may call at Weber Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.