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Joan Juanita Snider King
21 Sep 1908 – 19 Feb 1995
| Birth | 21 Sep 1908 |
| Death | 19 Feb 1995 |
| Cemetery | Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier , Los Angeles County , California , USA |
| Added by | Dewey on 06 Aug 2020 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73794368 |
Bio
Published in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper: Joan Juanita (Snider) King was a longtime resident of City of Commerce, Ca, having moved there from Oklahoma City in 1937. She was born in Central Texas, Aleo Township near Farmersville, Tx, on Sept 21, 1908. In 1912, she traveled by covered wagon to OKC with her parents, brothers, and sisters. She retired from Mobil Oil Company in Los Angeles in 1976. She was a member of the Baptist Church, Commerce, Ca, for many years. The Baptist Church first held there services in a garage until the time came when they were financially able to purchase land and build their Church. She worked many evenings after work at the Church with Chaplain Richard Baldwin and other Church members attending to the needs of their Church. The new Church came to pass. She studied the Bible with the little children, the teenagers, the young people, and the elderly. She loved teaching the Bible, and she knew it well. She loved her children, her family, and they loved her. She loved life. She married Joel Thomas King, they were divorced in 1947. She graduated from Capitol Hill Senior High School in 1927, with the highest honors of the Senior Class and was given a Business Training Scholarship. She was active in school sports, especially in swimming and baseball. She lettered in both sports throughout her school years, with Mrs. Mary Harper Richert as coach, she won her share of titles of the City and State tank meets and field games. She is survived by her sister, J' Esther Stuewe; two daughters, Tommie Joan (Robert) Hughes and Donna Jane (James) Columbo; four granddaughters, five grandsons, and seven great grandchildren; and sisters-in-law, Lucille Hepp Bauman and Irene Miller Snider Watson. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and a kind, caring neighbor family, whom she loved deeply, the Lupercio's. Preceded in death by her parents, John Henry and Neacie Lenora (Parker) Snider; brothers, Haskell, Ellioutt E, John Leary, V Gene, W Dewey, Robert Allen, Harry L, Ulysses S, JD (Pat Russell, and Chetland; five sisters, Lottie Lee, Julia Dulin Elizabeth, Jewel V, Roxie M, Tena J. Her parents lived on a farm near SE 44 and Eastern. They raised 22 children, 15 of them to adulthood. They grew cotton, watermelons, and milked cows. The Snider Family was said to be the largest in Oklahoma in 1924 in a newspaper story written in The Daily Oklahoman. From Ms. Clyde
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- Lottie Lee Snider 1884–1886
- Haskell Snider 1886–1983
- Elioutt Edward "Judge" Snider 1888–1943
- Dulin Elizabeth Snider Parker Brawdy 1889–1971
- John Leary Snider 1891–1962
- Virgenious "Gene" Snider 1895–1976
- William Dewey Snider 1898–1971
- Robert Allen Snider 1902–1983
- Harry Lee Snider 1903–1964
- Uyless Grant Snider 1905–1961
- John David "Pat or JD" Snider 1907–1942
- Jewel Virginia Snider Camp 1910–1985
- Russell Snider 1911–1912
- Roxie Snider McClure 1912–1969
- Chetland Snider 1913–1913
- Jeri Esther Mae Snider Stuewe 1915–2005
- Tena Jeanette Snider Warren 1916–1983
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