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| Daughter | Karen Snapp+ |
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| Father | L. Matthew Snapp (b. 1901, d. 1961) |
| Mother | Ethel (b. 1901, d. 1994) |
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| Daughter | Sherrie Elaine Snapp (b. 5 November 1948, d. 2 March 2014) |
Obituary (findagrave.com):
Published in Branson Daily News 04-27-07:
Funeral services for Rex Irven Snapp, 80, of Branson, will be held at 3 p.m. April 29, 2007, at Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home, in Branson. Rev. Richard Claar, Rev. Richard Toliver and Missionary Roger Euceda will officiate. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, in the funeral home. Private services will be held at a later date at Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery, in Branson.
He died April 24, 2007, at Freeman Health System, in Joplin.
He was born in Kirbyville, son of Leonard Madison "Matt" and Ethel E. (Chaney) Snapp. He graduated from Branson High School, in Branson. He married Phoebe Sims, in Branson, at 1st Presbyterian Church, by Dr. John Crokett. He was born and raised on a farm and raised beef cattle his entire life. He entered retail sales with his parents in their grocery and monument business, in Kirbyville. In 1948, he moved the business to Branson. In 1949 he founded Snapp Trucking Company and in 1959 he bought Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery.
He grew up attending St. James General Baptist Church, in Kirbyville, then attended Branson Bible Church in 1963.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and son-in-laws Norman Finn, and Ronald Dozier.
Survivors include his wife, Phoebe Snapp, of the home; daughters and their spouses, Jerrie and Larry Wise, of Neosho, Sherrie and Hugh Bosworth, of Lonoke, Ark., Susan and Darrel Bearden, of Branson, Mary and Charlie Skaggs, of Farmington, Ark., Kem and Rick Adams, of Springfield, and Amy and John Whorton, of Ava; brother, Leonard Snapp, and wife, Pearl, of Sacramento, Calif.; sister, Vestal Buck, and husband, Dwight, of Folsom, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
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| Father | Rex Irven Snapp (b. 4 October 1926, d. 24 April 2007) |
| Mother | Phoebe |
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Biography (findagrave.com):
Sherrie died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences after a courageous battle with cancer that began in 1998. She graduated from Branson High School and moved to Arkansas to attend college. Sherrie married Ronald Dozier in 1967 and started her family. After she was widowed she became active in politics in the 1970's and helped to advocate for the passage of legislation that reformed and modernized survivor's benefits for police officers and firemen. She became active in Friendship International in the 1970's a program ministering to international residents living in central Arkansas. Sherrie obtained her CDL in order to transport people from the area to the ministry in Little Rock, transporting as many as 35 people each Thursday.
She worked with Friendship International until her illness prevented her from continuing. Sherrie was a member of Lanoke Baptist Church, Women's Mission Union, Kiwanis Club of Cabot, as well as the chairman of the Arkansas Women's Commission.
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| Father | Samuel Leonard Snapp (b. February 1875, d. 1942) |
| Mother | Lilley C. Pickett (b. April 1879, d. 1968) |
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| Son | Byron Kent Snapp |
| Daughter | Juanita Carol Snapp |
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| Son | Byron Kent Snapp |
| Daughter | Juanita Carol Snapp |
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| Daughter | Lilley C. Pickett+ (b. April 1879, d. 1968) |
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| Daughter | Lilley C. Pickett+ (b. April 1879, d. 1968) |
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| Father | George W. Kaneaster (b. 22 February 1870, d. 16 January 1928) |
| Mother | Nellie Cordelia Snapp (b. September 1879, d. 1959) |
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| Father | George W. Kaneaster (b. 22 February 1870, d. 16 January 1928) |
| Mother | Nellie Cordelia Snapp (b. September 1879, d. 1959) |
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| Father | George W. Kaneaster (b. 22 February 1870, d. 16 January 1928) |
| Mother | Nellie Cordelia Snapp (b. September 1879, d. 1959) |
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| Father | George W. Kaneaster (b. 22 February 1870, d. 16 January 1928) |
| Mother | Nellie Cordelia Snapp (b. September 1879, d. 1959) |
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| Father | George W. Kaneaster (b. 22 February 1870, d. 16 January 1928) |
| Mother | Nellie Cordelia Snapp (b. September 1879, d. 1959) |
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| Father | William Daniel Jennings (b. 1883) |
| Mother | Martha Issie Castoe (b. 1879, d. after 19 February 1920) |
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| Daughter | Florence Jennings (b. 10 June 1912, d. September 1979) |
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| Daughter | Florence Jennings (b. 10 June 1912, d. September 1979) |
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| Father | Philip Seiler (b. 20 August 1840, d. 16 May 1912) |
| Mother | Martha Ann Rider (b. 28 May 1842, d. 11 April 1927) |
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| Son | Ernest Colly Siler (b. 7 April 1916, d. 7 August 1989) |
| Daughter | Mildred Jene Siler (b. 2 December 1917, d. 7 October 1918) |
| Daughter | Hazel Maxine Seiler+ (b. 22 April 1920, d. 8 October 2003) |
| Daughter | Frances Fern Siler (b. 15 November 1921, d. 14 April 2001) |
| Daughter | Betty Pauline Siler+ (b. 30 January 1924, d. 13 March 2002) |
| Son | Philip L. Siler |
| Daughter | Peggy Sue Siler+ (b. 10 April 1930, d. 15 December 2008) |
| Daughter | Ethel L. Siler |
Obituary (findagrave.com):
Ithamer Sank Seiler was born in Taney County, Missouri, on 10 Aug 1874. He was the son of Phillip and Martha Ann (Rider) Siler. He first married Alma D. Hall Siler (she was previously married to his brother, Sylvester) on 23 Sep 1893. They divorced on 16 Jan 1914. They had 2 daughters.
He married Phoebe R. Demma Snapp on 6 May 1915, in Cricket, Arkansas. They lived in Kirbyville, Taney, Missouri, until after their first child, Ernest Colly Siler, was born. Then they moved to Springfield, Greene, Missouri, where they had 7 more children: Mildred, Hazel, Fern, Betty, Phillip, Peggy, and Ethel. They lived the rest of their lives in Springfield.
Ithamer was a hard working man. He worked as a carpenter, painter, and paper hanger (wall paper). In 1929 he was appointed as Deputy Sheriff by Marcell Hendrix, Sheriff of Greene County, Missouri, at the time. In 1940 he was working for the WPA.
He was a friend to all who knew him.
He passed away on 21 Jan 1947. He was buried at Patterson Cemetery in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, but in later years was moved to Edwards Cemetery in Kirbyville, Taney, Missouri.
As for the spelling of the last name "Seiler" or "Siler", both spellings are correct. Many records over the years have spelled the name both ways. His oldest son, Colly, was researching the family history in later years, deciding to change the spelling of his last name to the old way of "Seiler." Some of the family decided to go with that spelling, while some of the family decided to continue with the spelling of "Siler." So either way is correct.
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| Son | Ithamer Sank Seiler+ (b. 10 August 1874, d. 21 January 1947) |
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| Son | Ithamer Sank Seiler+ (b. 10 August 1874, d. 21 January 1947) |
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| Father | Ithamer Sank Seiler (b. 10 August 1874, d. 21 January 1947) |
| Mother | Phoebe R. Demma Snapp (b. 11 October 1889, d. 8 June 1987) |
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Obituary (findagrave.com):
Ernest C. Seiler, 73, of Marshfield, Missouri, died at 4:30 p.m. Monday, August 7, 1989, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness.
A retired airplane mechanic and a member of the First Baptist Church of Marshfield, Missouri, Mr. Seiler is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; a brother, Phillip of Springfield, Missouri; five sisters, Hazel West of Republic, Missouri, Fern Painter of Branson, Missouri, Betty Little of Reeds Spring, Missouri, Peggy Adams of Bartonville, Illinois, and Ethel Hilton of Morgan, Missouri.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 10, in Arthur's Colonial Chapel with the Revs. Anson Gray and David Holt officiating. Burial will be in Edwards Cemetery, near Forsyth.
The family will be in the funeral home from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. today, August 9, 1989.
The Story of Ernest Colly Seiler:
He was born in Kirbyville, Missouri, on April 7, 1916, the first child of Ithamer and Phoebe (Snapp) Seiler. After his birth, his family moved to Springfield, Missouri, where his siblings were born. He was called "Colly" by his family.
He graduated from Senior High School (later named Central High School) in Springfield, Missouri.
He married Millie Elizabeth Terry on April 23, 1940. They shared many years together before his death.
When he was in first grade at Teft School in Springfield, he and a friend saw a Curtiss Jenny (airplane) skywriting the name of a cigarette (Chesterfield) over Springfield. He decided then and there that he would grow up to be an airplane pilot.
He was sixteen years old when he traded a model of an American Eaglet to pilot Tom Kibbin for a ride in a new Eaglet, a highwing monoplane. It was on December 17, 1932, twenty-nine years after the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
He made his first solo flight in 1938, in an Aeronca K, powered by a thrity-six horsepower two-cylinder engine, after just five hours of instruction. There wasn't much control over aviation at that time.
He decided that he liked flying, but he enjoyed rebuilding airplanes more. He built his first airplane in the 1930's. It was a Pietenpol Sky Scout. He got it about one hundred feet before it settled down. When the travelling air shows came to Springfield in the early years of aviation, he would always go to see them. He got to see some of the aviation pioneers, such as Wiley Post, Frank Hawks, Roscoe Turner, Ruth Chatterton, and others. He became known to his friends as "Lindy", after Charles Lindberg, although he never had the opportunity to meet him.
Colly and his wife, Elizabeth, built about ten homebuilt airplanes during his career, but they rebuilt many more from junk or wrecked airplanes. He especially loved the older airplanes. He loved model airplanes and anything to do with aviation. He got to meet so many people throughout his career. It was something he loved and cherished.
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| Father | William Harrison Terry (b. 5 December 1879, d. 5 September 1943) |
| Mother | Ida A. Moore (b. 18 November 1888, d. 7 May 1952) |
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Obituary (findagrave.com):
Millie Elizabeth (Terry) Seiler Williams, daughter of William H. and Ida (Moore) Terry, was born March 8, 1920, in Springfield, Mo., and departed this life Nov. 5, 2003, in James River Care Center, Springfield, Mo. At the time of her passing, she was 83 years, 8 months and 2 days of age. Elizabeth had been a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were her husbands, Ernest Seiler and Milford Williams; her parents, William and Ida Terry; two sisters, Neoma Lane and Gusta Ott; and one brother, Jesse Terry. Survivors include four sisters, Vieta Ragsdale and husband Gene, Loita Ragsdale and husband Cecil, both of Marshfield, Mo., Mary Magdalene Perry, Springfield, Mo., and Juanita Charney, Green Bay, Wisc.; one brother, Carl Terry, Benton, Ark.; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Elizabeth's memory will live on in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. Funeral services for Millie Elizabeth Williams will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003, in Day Funeral Home, Marshfield, Mo. Burial will be in Edwards Cemetery, Forsyth, Mo. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Elizabeth's memory can be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
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