- Date Of Birth: May 17, 1937
- Date Of Death: August 12, 2013
- State: Maine
David Lawrence Snyder, 76, passed from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) after a three year battle on August 12, 2013. David was born in Everett, MA in 1937, and was educated in Cambridge, Philadelphia, and NJ. He graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ in 1961. Following coast-to-coast travels throughout the U.S. he was drafted into the Army and served honorably at Headquarters Seventh Army in Europe. Following military service, he moved to Whitefield, ME and bought his first house. David had loved Whitefield since his mother sent him there to live with friends for a summer at the age of 13. He came every summer afterward and enjoyed hunting, fishing and raking blueberries. David married Nancy Raymond (of Gardiner) on January 28, 1972. They had three children and moved to Washington, ME. They enjoyed camping and hiking with their family for many years. David worked many jobs until taking a job as a Probation/Parole Officer, which he had for 23 years. After his retirement, he went to work at Med-O-Lark children’s camp in Washington, doing a variety of work from landscaping to building decks, ramps and adding-on to nearly every cabin at the camp. He took pride in all his work, especially the flower gardens at the camp, and enjoyed 20 years there until his diagnosis with ALS. After their children grew up, David and his wife traveled extensively throughout Central America, Europe, the Canadian Rockies and the U.S. David was predeceased by his parents, Norman and Thelma (Donnelly) Snyder; and brothers, Norman Jr., Donald and Kenneth. In addition to his loving wife of more than 41 years, David is survived by two sons, Kurt Snyder and his wife Heddy of Union, and Todd Snyder and his wife Jessica of Hope; a daughter, Amy Snyder of San Jose, CA; and grandchildren, Emily, Leah, Kaysan and Logan; as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
