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Marjorie Snodgrass Obituary

Marjorie A. Snodgrass

A Celebration of Life for Marjorie A. Snodgrass, 88, Lawrence, will be from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at the Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. 6th St. Mrs. Snodgrass died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born July 26, 1924, in Yuma County, Colo., the daughter of Forrest and Bessie Worcester Sheard. She attended school in Joes, Colo.

Marjorie was a specification writer at Lawrence Paper Co., and retired after 35 years of service. She was a member of the Lawrence Women's Bowling Association, and a member and officer of Alford-Clarke Post 852 of the VFW Auxiliary, Dorsey-Liberty Post 14 of the American Legion auxiliary, and the Eagles Lodge. She was an avid bowler, and loved animals and playing the piano.

She married Chester Vaughn. She married Clarence 'Pep' Snodgrass on Apr. 17, 1947, in St. Francis, Kan. He preceded her in death, as did three brothers, Richard, Robert, and Dwight Sheard, and two grandsons, Jonathan Cannon and Ashanti Moshe.

Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Cannon, Skaneateles, N.Y., and Dennis Cannon, Gold Bar, Wash; three daughters, Connie Snow and husband Gary, Lawrence, Debbie Sink and husband Tommy, Ottawa, and Virginia Kanza, Carson City, Nev.; a brother, Glen Sheard and wife Anita, Carson City; a sister, Evelyn Willis and husband Don, Oskaloosa; nine grandchildren, Kathryn Cannon, Susan McCarvill, Kimberly Green, Brittany and Jason Cannon, Brandon and Kevin Henderson, Cynthia Goetz, and Dustin Ryan; and 15 great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Lawrence Humane Society, or the Vintage Park Retirement Community Activity Fund, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044. Online condolences to rumsey-yost.com

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Published by Lawrence Journal-World on Nov. 25, 2012.

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Judy Weeks

November 29, 2012

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Helen Jaderborg

November 29, 2012

I was so sorry to hear of your mother's death. We shared an apartment building, out in the country, in Lawrence with your family. We lived in the downstairs apt. Your mother was a mentor to me in those years as a young mother. And, she made the best fried chicken ever. God Bless you all

Donna, Brian and Andrew Lang

November 27, 2012

We loved our time living beside "Grandma Marge" on Eldrige Street. We still have the picture of her in her Spongebob mask at Andrew's 2nd birthday party. What a special lady...

Sharon Burns-Holladay

November 26, 2012

My thoughts are with you during this time of sorrow.

Debra Lawellin-Bost

November 25, 2012

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

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