Mar. 24, 1920 - Jun. 9, 2015
Date of Service: Jun. 13, 2015
Edna Elizabeth Snyder Culp, (95) was born March 24, 1920 in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon to Lee B and Cora Rebecca Roscoe Miller. She joined two brothers, Everett Lewis age thirteen, and Alvin Leroy age seven. Edna was raised mostly in the Alsea Mountains and Willamette Valley of Oregon, and attended schools when possible, finally graduating from the 8th grade. She endured many hardships in life, including loss of hearing at nine months old, and regained it temporarily, lived through a forest fire raging around her, and much poverty throughout her life. She met and married the love of her life, Glen Wesley Snyder, September 29, 1939 and they raised five children; namely, Agness Ellen, Joyce Marie, Faye Louise, Don Wesley, and Carl Lee Snyder. Later in life, they moved to Idaho where she resided the rest of her life, mostly in Weiser, Nampa, Burley, and Rupert areas. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Acequia First Ward, and served in several callings throughout her life. Glen passed away in 1995 after 56 years of marriage, and she remarried Ambrose "Shortie" Culp and moved to Blue River, Oregon until he died three years later. She since has resided with her daughter, Joyce, in the Rupert, Idaho area. When her health began failing she moved into Valley Vista Care Center in 2008, until her death on June 9, 2015.
She is survived by her 5 children, 47 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren, and 29 great-great grandchildren, 1 niece, 1 nephew and several cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, 2 husbands, 5 great grandchildren, and 1 nephew.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015, at the Acequia 1st LDS Ward Chapel. Viewing for family and friends will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Services will conclude with burial at the Weiser Cemetery under the direction of Hansen Mortuary.
Funeral Service
Date of Service: Jun. 13, 2015
