Mary Alice (Ritter) Snelling (1877 - 1945)

Born 19 Oct 1877 in Saint Louisville, Newton Township, Licking, Ohio, United States

Wife of Silas Freas — married 23 May 1895 in Licking, Ohio, United States

Died 9 Dec 1945 at age 68 in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States

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Biography

When Mary Alice Ritter was born on 19 October 1877, in Saint Louisville, Licking, Ohio, United States, her father, Stephen M Ritter, was 36 and her mother, Catherine Hite Yoder, was 27. She married Silas Freas on 23 May 1895, in Licking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Newark, Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 9 December 1945, in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Evans Cemetery, Saint Louisville, Licking, Ohio, United States.

Snelling, Mary Alice 19 Oct. 1877 – 09 Dec. 1945 Mrs. Mary Alice Snelling, 68, wife of Homer N. Snelling, died Sunday at 9 a.m. in her home, 440 North 21st Street. She had been ill several months. Born Oct.19, 1877, in St. Louisville, she was the daughter of Stephen and Catherine (Yoder) Ritter and had made Newark her home since 1922. Surviving are her husband, three sons, Harry Freas of Steubenville, Maurice and Raymond Freas of Newark; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one brother, Fred Ritter of Warren. Mrs. Snelling was a member of the Second Church of Christ. The body will be returned to the home today from Criss Brothers funeral home and Tuesday will be taken to the funeral home again where services will be held in the chapel at 1 p.m. Rev.H.H. Hoover will officiate and burial will be made in Evans cemetery.

Mary was born in 1877. She passed away in 1945.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50916572/mary-alice-snelling

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