of Chelsea, MI,  age 95, died Friday, November 18, 2011 at Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born May 29, 1916 in Garfield, New Jersey, the daughter of Anton & Anna (Haller) Fink. Elizabeth was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and a former member of Our Savior Lutheran Church

and St. Luke Lutheran Church in Dublin, PA.  She was an assistant buyer for 22 years in the women's department at Arbaugh’s (Wurzburgs) in Lansing.  Elizabeth was a devoted mother.  She was a loving, kind woman who always put her family first.  Her greatest joy was giving to other people.

On Aug. 6, 1938, she married Dr. Freeman Woodrow Snyder in Ottsville, PA and he preceded her in death on December 24, 2001. Survivors include a son, Robert (Patricia McCormick) Snyder of Kila, MT; a daughter, Barbara St. John of Chelsea; 3 grandchildren, Ronald (Stacey) Snyder, Rebekah (Zane) Smith, Jennifer St. John; 6 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Helen Fink; a nephew, Joseph (Maureen) Fink;  and several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother, Joseph Fink; a grandson, David Snyder; her son-in-law, Homer St. John, and an infant sister, Anna.


Funeral services will be held Monday, November 21, 2:00 p.m. at the Towsley Village Chapel at Chelsea Retirement Community, with Rev. Dr. William J. Turner officiating.  Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery, Dexter. The family will receive friends Monday from 12:30 - 2:00 before the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Heritage Foundation at Chelsea Retirement Community, St. Mary Catholic Church of Chelsea, or Chelsea Faith in Action.  Arrangements by Cole Funeral Chapel, Chelsea.

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