NORTH MANCHESTER – Eldon Eugene Snyder, 100, North Manchester, died at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8, 2014, at Timbercrest Healthcare Center. He was born Sept. 17, 1913, in South Whitley, to Firmer and Meda Holler Snyder. On Sept. 28, 1932, in Columbia City, he married Catherine E. Yeager, who died April 10, 2008. He was a 1931 graduate of South Whitley High School and attended Manchester College. At a young age, he began working in his father's grocery business. In 1936, he owned and operated the IGA in Wabash until 1942, when he moved to North Manchester and started Snyder's IGA with his brother, Paul. They built the Manchester Plaza in 1962 and sold it in 1989. He was a member of the Manchester Church of the Brethren. He was a lifetime member of the Deming Masonic Lodge #88 F&AM, the Fort Wayne Scottish Rite and Mizpah Shrine and the Manchester Moose Lodge. Surviving are a son, Patrick (and spouse Connie) Snyder, Fishers; a daughter-in-law, Judy Snyder, Avon; four grandchildren: Betsy Miller, Jacksonville, Fla.; Scott Snyder and Nick (and spouse Margaret) Snyder, both of Westfield; and Matt (and spouse Karen) Snyder, Fishers; two stepgrandchildren, Mark (and spouse Kim) Pierson, Fishers, and Chris (and spouse Melissa) Stephens, Avon; seven great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and his sister, Helen Cobb, Terre Haute. He was also preceded in death by his parents, a son, Michael E. Snyder, five brothers and two sisters. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Timbercrest Chapel, 2201 East St., North Manchester, with the Rev. Kurt Borgmann officiating. Burial is in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester. Calling is from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and for one hour prior to services at the funeral chapel. There will be a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Timbercrest. Arrangements are entrusted to Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, North Manchester. ***** Condolences may be sent via www.grandstaff-hentgen.com
