Edward Snyder, Jr

Edward John Snyder, Jr. died March 30, 2010. Mr Snyder was born August 26, 1932 in Flushing, New York and grew up in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. He was graduated from St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in 1950. He interrupted his college education at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana to serve in the U.S. Army during the closing days of the Korean Conflict. In 1958 he was graduated from Lowell Technical Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts (now The University of Massachusetts at Lowell) with a degree in Texitile Engineering. After graduation he moved to Albemarle, North Carolina to join E.J. Snyder and Company. In 1966 Mr. Snyder became president of this Commission Dyeing and Finishing Company which was begun by Edward John Snyder, Sr. For almost fifty years, with Ed as president and his brothers Roger and Mike as Vice Presidents, E.J. Snyder and Sons, Inc. was a viable force in business and industry. Mr. Snyder was President of the Albemarle Jaycees, a Director of the Albemarle Rotary Club, President of the Albemarle-Stanly County Chamber of Commerce, President of the United Way of Stanly County, Vice Chairman of The Board of Trustees of the Stanly County Memorial Hospital and President of the Stanly County Y.M.C.A. In his service to business and industry, Mr. Snyder was a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association, President of the Stanly County Manufacturers Association, a Director of the Stanly County Community Development Corporation and of the Stanly County Industrial Development Commission. Mr. Snyder’s service to community college education included his Chairmanship of the Stanly Community College Board of Trustees, the development of a Learning Resource Center (known as the Snyder Building) at SCC. He was Chairman of the Foundation Board of SCC and served on the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges. In 2008 Mr. Snyder was named the Southeastern Regional winner of the CRD Benefactor Award by the Council on Resource Development for all community colleges in the nation. For eight years, Mr. Snyder served on the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. During his tenure as trustee, he was Chairman of the Development and University Relations Committee, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, a member of the Personnel Committee, a member of the Executive Committee and a director of the UNCC Foundation Board. Mr. Snyder also served on the board of directors of Pfeiffer University, as a trustee of the Dore Academy in Charlotte, as a director of the Community Care Clinic (now the John P. Murray Clinic) in Albemarle, N.C., and as a director of the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. For his support of education, public and private, for his leadership in business and industry, for his care for his community, for his work in behalf of public health and for his commitment to families, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte awarded Edward John Snyder, Jr. The honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service on May 15, 2004. Mr. Snyder was predeceased by his parents Edward John Snyder and Margaret Casey O’Brien Snyder, and by his brothers George Bruce Snyder and Roger Frances Snyder. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Lake Inman Snyder and son Edward John Snyder, III, brother Michael Ernest Snyder and wife Karen, sister in law Margaret Snyder and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. The family of Mr. Snyder will receive March 31, 2010 from six o’clock to eight o’clock in the evening at Hartsell Funeral Home. The funeral will be conducted by The Very Reverend Peter L. Fitzgibbons V.F. at Our Lady of The Annunciation Catholic Church on April 1, 2010 at ten a.m.. Interment will be in the Stanly Gardens of Memory. Pall bearers will be Chris Snyder, Carson Snyder, Joseph Snyder, Michael Snyder, Jr., Brian Snyder, “Whit” Whitley and William Leffler. Memorials may be made to The Annunciation Catholic Church, 416 N. Second St. or to the Stanly Community College Foundation, 141 College Dr, Albemarle,NC 28001. Military honors graveside by Albemarle-Stanly County DAV Chapter 12. Online obituaries and condolences at www.hartsellfh.com