Jeanine Marie Melcher Snyder

Jeanine Snyder RIVERSIDE, Iowa -- Jeanine Marie Melcher Snyder, 54, of Riverside, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, at her home, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 6, 2007, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services, Lone Tree. Immediately following the service, there will be a gathering of family and friends with refreshments at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date. There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Riverside First Responders. Mrs. Snyder was born Jan. 21, 1953, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Ivan and Donna Havelick Melcher. She married Gary W. Snyder Sept. 10, 1988, in North Liberty. She grew up in Monona, Iowa, graduating from M-F-L High School in 1971. She also attended the University of Northern Iowa. She worked at Oral B in Iowa City for 30 years. She enjoyed her family, her flower and vegetable gardens, her cats and bird watching. She and her husband especially enjoyed their travels together to the High Plains and western mountains. She will be deeply missed by her loving husband, Gary Snyder of Ri...[more]

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side; three stepsons, Jerry W. Snyder and wife, Tara, Cory W. Snyder and wife, Alice, and Ryan W. Snyder and wife, Ani, all of Cedar Rapids; five granddaughters; her parents, Ivan and Donna Melcher; her sister, Susan Hansen and husband, Craig, of Riverside; a nephew, Chris Hansen of Champaign, Illinois; two nieces, Sarah Hansen of Iowa City and Rachel Hansen of Riverside; and a grandnephew.