Ella Grace (Snook) Reeder (1904 - 1994)

Born 22 Jan 1904 in Jefferson, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 May 1994 at age 90 in Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Snook Name Study.

Ella (Snook) Reeder was an Iowan.

She was the daughter of Hervey Snook

Ella was born in 1904.^[1] .^[1] In 1926 she married Charles L Reeder.^[2]

She passed away in 1994.^[3]

Children

1. Charles Edgar Reeder 1927
2. Kathryn Anna Reeder 1928
3. Paul James Reeder 1930

Obituary

"Ella G. REEDER, 91, of Robert Lee, Texas, former area resident, died at 9:48 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 1994, at the West Coke County Nursing Home in Robert Lee.
The service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. William Rathbun officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to Salina Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church.
Mrs. REEDER was born Jan. 22, 1903, in Jefferson County, the daughter of Hervey and Kate W. Davisson Snook. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 1922 and from Parsons College in 1952 (sic.?). On Feb. 14, 1926, she married John Henry REEDER in Salina. He died Oct. 17, 1973. She lived in rural Jefferson County from 1903 until 1945 and in Fairfield from 1945 to 1976, when she moved to Robert Lee. She had been a teacher, office worker and homemaker, and had worked at Harper Brush and the Jefferson County Auditor's Office. She was a member of Salina Presbyterian Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, Robert Lee Stamp Club, Genealogy Society, and had been a Red Cross and an RSVP volunteer.
Surviving are two sons, Charles E. of Waco, Texas, Paul of Billings, Mont; a daughter, Kathryn LACKEY of Robert Lee; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A brother, Ernest SNOOK, and a sister, Amy SNOOK, preceded her in death."^[4]

Note

Discrepancy in her dob. Need to view original birth record to verify 1903 or 1904. There is no date on the headstone but obit gives 1903. Social Security gives 1903 but Iowa birth record gives 1904 (however this is a typed version with many amendments causing interpretation issues).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV89-9YL : 31 March 2020), Ella G. Snook, 22 Jan 1904; citing Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 969,375.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4Y-HSQ : 26 September 2017), John H. Reeder and Ella G. Snook, 14 Feb 1926, Salina, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 45, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,750,234.
3. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVGH-L23 : 5 December 2014), Ella Grace Reeder, Coke, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
4. ↑ Fairfield Ledger (Fairfield, Iowa) Tuesday May 10, 1994

See also:

• "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23B6-7FF : 20 February 2021), Ella Grace Snook, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing card #781, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,467.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGMC-CDB : accessed 5 January 2022), Ella G Snook in household of Harvey E Snook, Penn, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 9A, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 408; FHL microfilm 1,374,421.
• "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4R-S3LD : 20 February 2021), Ella Grace Snook, 1915; citing Perlee, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, card no. 695, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,462,510.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M81Q-KCZ : 1 February 2021), Ella G Snook in entry for Hervey E Snook, 1920.
• "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQC-CTNY : 1 March 2021), Ella G Snook, Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJ2-7XR : accessed 5 January 2022), Ella G Reeder in household of John H Reeder, Lockridge, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 6A, line 30, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 661; FHL microfilm 2,340,396.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMY6-SWR : 6 January 2021), Ella G Buder in household of John H Buder, Lockridge Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51-14, sheet 1B, line 55, family 17, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1170.