Richard S. Snader, 67, of New Windsor

Richard S. Snader, 67, of New Windsor

Mr. Snader was married to the daughter of Westminster Mayor Joseph Hahn… 1964 – 1973:

Richard Smith Snader, 67, of New Windsor, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at Carroll Lutheran Village in Good Shepherd’s Way, of early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Born Sept. 4, 1941, he was the son of the late Philip B. Snader and Elizabeth Adams McEnney. He was the husband of Trudy Jo Hahn Snader, his wife of 45 years.

He graduated from Linsley Military School in Wheeling, W.Va., in 1960 and from the University of Maryland in 1964. He was honorably discharged in 1967, as a captain, from the Marine Corps, 2nd Division, after three years, including one year in Vietnam.

He had been a dairy farmer for 17 years before becoming county director of the Farm Services Agency, from which he was retired.

He was an original member of the Strawbridge Shrine board, serving for 30 years. He was a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in New Windsor, where he had served as a trustee. He was also a member of American Legion Post No. 31, Westminster, a 35-year member of the Westminster Memorial Day Committee, being appointed by Mayor J.H. Hahn Jr. He was a former member of the Maryland Farm Bureau and a member of the New Windsor Lions Club.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons and daughters-in-law Philip and Victoria Snader, and R. Joseph and Penny Snader, all of New Windsor; granddaughters Kimberly, Michele, Joelle and Jocelyn Snader; sister and brother-in-law Sara and Ronald Schrock, of Pinehurst, N.C.; and mother-in-law Trudy Hahn of Westminster.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 200 Main St., New Windsor, with the Rev. Helen Armiger, his pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Pipe Creek Cemetery near New Windsor.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, 310 Church St., New Windsor.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Strawbridge Shrine, c/o Dorothy Shindle, 138 Willis St., Westminster, MD 21157; or to the Memorial Fund of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 250, New Windsor, MD 21776.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartzlerfuneralhome.com.

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