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- [S302] Pike County News-Watchman, Snodgrass, Rita Jane.
Rita Jane Snodgrass, 89 of Waverly, Ohio died peacefully Friday, September 14, 2012 following an extended illness.
Rita Jane was born July 20, 1923 in Barnesville, Ohio to the late John Kent and Clara Froehlich Cox. Rita, a war bride, married Frank H. Snodgrass, formally of Martins Ferry, Ohio, September 15, 1943 in Madras, Oregon.
Rita graduated in the 1941 Class of Martins Ferry High School and attended Elliott School of Business in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was a dedicated, loving wife and mother to Frank and their seven children.
She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Chillicothe, Ohio and served on the Altar and Rosary Society and the first parish council board of St. Mary Church in Waverly. Rita also worked as a hostess at the Tecumseh Outdoor Drama in Chillicothe for many years. She has enjoyed many years of playing with various Bridge Clubs, line dancing and serving as a poll worker at the Board of Elections. Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her cat Sunshine.
In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by one son, Donald Robert, two grandchildren: Amy and Tommy Snodgrass, five sisters, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Cox, Helen Oberle, Dorothy Stahl. Kathryn Matthews, Sister Theresa Anne Cox, SCN, two brothers: Ronald John Cox, and Robert Edward Cox.
She is survived by seven children: Jane Reed, Jim (Kathy Kemper) Snodgrass, Anne (Mike) Eversole, Kathryn (Bob) Chancey, Waverly; John (Mary Harris) Snodgrass, Lewisville, Texas, Thomas (Kathy Skinner) Snodgrass, Wichita, Kansas; Richard Snodgrass, Chillicothe, and son-in-law Garnet McMillan, Chickamauga, Georgia. Rita is also survived by 17 grandchildren, Becky (Nevin) Lambert,; Jon (Traci) Click; Michael (Amy) Snodgrass; Ronnie (Roberta) Snodgrass; Danny (Angie) Snodgrass; Emily Snodgrass; Adam (Misty) Snodgrass, Matthew (Erica) Snodgrass; Mark (Angela) Snodgrass; Luke (Erin) Snodgrass; John Snodgrass; Stephen (Brittany) Snodgrass; Bo McMillan, Matt Eversole; Joel Eversole; Jeremiah Chancey; Nathaniel Chancey.
She leaves 17 great-grandchildren, McClain and Nate Lambert, Tanner and Emma Click, Camden, Corey, Chaisley, Cadence, Allison, Abbigail, Trinity, Tristin, Brayden, Kyleigh, Lauren Snodgrass, Devon Pixley, and Abigail Snodgrass.
The family will receive friends for visitation on Monday, September 17, 2012 from 4:00-8:00 P.M. at Botkin Funeral Home in Waverly. There will be a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. Monday at the funeral home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday at the St. Mary Catholic Church in Chillicothe, Ohio, with Father Lawrence Hummer, celebrant. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Waverly.
Memorial contributions may made to The Ohio Right to Life Society, 88 E. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43215
Pike County News-Watchman: 19SEP2012
HFA: 18SEP2023
- [S242] Staff, Unknown Publication: Obituaries, (Name: Unknown; Location: Unknown;), Cox, Sister Therese Anne.
SISTER THERESE ANNE COX
Sister Therese Anne Cox, music teacher at St. Mary’s Academy for 14 years, died at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ken. Thursday, Dec. 4.
Sister had been critically ill with cancer for over a month at George Washington University in D.C. and was moved to Community Nursing Home a week before she died.
Sister Therese Anne is a native of Martins Ferry, Ohio. She was educated at St. Joseph’s Academy, Wheeling, and at Nazareth College, Louisville, Ky. She studied at the former College of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio but obtained her masters in music (piano) at DePaul University.
For 24 years she served as Sister of Charity of Nazareth, Ken. She taught piano and organ at LaSalette, Covington and at St. Vincent’s Academy, Uniontown, KY. Before coming to St. Mary’s Academy in Leonardtown. Sister was an artist in her profession as all her pupils would testify.
Sister Therese Anne was the daughter of the late John K. and Clara M. (Froehlich) Cox. She was preceded in death by her triplet brother Robert Edward and her sister M. Elziabeth Cox. She is survived by four sisters Helen Oberle of Wheeling, W. Va.; Dorothy Stohl of Wheeling; Catherine Mathews of Canton, Ohio; Rita Jane Snodgrass of Waverly, Ohio. And a triplet brother Ronald J. Cox.
The funeral services were at Nazareth, Ky., the motherhouse of Sisters of Charity, where a large number of relatives, friends, and acquaintances gathered to pray and to celebrate the life of Sister Therese Anne.
Sister Rose Marie Chase, a close friend, delivered the eulogy. Brother Paul Rubadue C.F.X. journeyed to Kentucky with the St. Marys’s sisters to sing and to play the organ at the funeral celebration. Two of her favorites “Be Not Afraid” and Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto” were requested by Sister before she died.
Besides her family, Sister leaves a host of close friends and students who appreciate her talent and who loved her personally.
Her memorial services at the Academy will be announced soon. A mass with the student body present was celebrated last Thursday.
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Abt 1913 - Yes, date unknown
d. 8 Nov 1978, Barnesville, Belmont, Ohio, USA