Harold E. "Pete" Snider

Harold E. "Pete" Snider, one of 13 children of the late John T. Snider and Emma Clift Snider, was born on July 24, 1925, near Dexter and died in the Missouri Veterans Home at Cape Girardeau on Jan. 9, 2014, at the age of 88.

Mr. Snider was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter where he was a deacon for many years. He was a dairy farmer for 35 years, a Stoddard County Commissioner for 10 years, and a volunteer at the Dexter O.A.K.S Nutrition Center, where he transported meals to the homebound for nine years.

He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served 15 months in Europe during World War II as a machine gun platoon sergeant and paratrooper with the 101st Airborne and the 82nd Airborne.

On Dec. 4, 1950, he was united in marriage to Georgia Evans at Dexter and three daughters were born of their union. They were married 30 years. He was then married to Mabel Walker Bowles on Feb. 6, 1982, at Bernie.

Besides his wife, Mabel, survivors include three daughters and their spouses; Sandy and Bob Hill of Cape Girardeau, Cheryl and Michael Ponder of Benton and Terry Jo and Scott Acre of Portland, Ore.; one stepdaughter, LeAnn Fryer and her spouse, Kevin, of Lee's Summit; two stepsons, Todd Bowles of Arkansas and Dean Bowles of Tennessee; one brother, Dr. Glen Snider of Elijay, Ga.; one sister, Betty Irvin of Chesterfield; three granddaughters, Lezlie Fox (Steve) of Springfield, Emily Scifers (Ross Peterson) of Cape Girardeau, and Hannah Acre of Portland, Ore.; one great-grandson and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Dr. Steve Easterwood officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield with full military honors. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.