The Rev. Robert Dee Snyder, of Fostoria, died at home at age 79 on Thursday, August 18, 2005, after a long illness. He was a loving father, grandpa, and great-grandpa, whose offspring rise up and call him blessed, and thank him for the ways in which he touched our lives, set a wonderful example, and showed us the path to a relationship with his God. He is survived by his equally wonderful wife, mother, grandma, and great-grandma, Margaret (Peg) Hale Snyder, originally of Tiffin.
After dropping out of high school to farm full time during World War II, Bob later answered his call to the pastoral ministry. Finishing high school by correspondence in a matter of weeks, he began preaching and serving two small churches in Berkey, Ohio, while commuting to Adrian College in Michigan to work full time on his bachelor's degree. He attended Oberlin Theological Seminary and went on to serve churches in Vickery, Savannah, Willard, Shelby, Barberton, and Cardington, all in north central Ohio, before retiring in 1992 and coming full circle by returning to Fostoria to live out his years.
During his career he was active on many committees and boards of the United Methodist Church at the district, conference, and national levels, but his greatest achievement and passion was as a leader in the movement for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a conservative evangelical Christian, he was in the minority for much of his career, but he chose to stay and work for change from within the church. He did this by founding the East Ohio Evangelical Fellowship in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and later becoming active in the Good News movement, a forum for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a lifetime member of the Good News Board of Directors, he attended his last board meeting in January of 2005. In January of 2004, he was honored by the Good News organization when they awarded him the Ed Robb Evangelism Award, their highest honor, at a banquet attended by all his children and many of the grandchildren in Columbus. Bob was also honored with The Denman Evangelism Award by the Foundation for Evangelism of the United Methodist Church in 1992.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Ora Dee and Edna Stewart Snyder of Fostoria; sister Wanda Smith; and son Timothy Robert Snyder, also a United Methodist pastor. He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Peg) Hale Snyder of Fostoria; sister June (Frank) Harrison of Fostoria; daughters Lanette (Chuck) Cornwell of Toledo; Deborah (Mike) Stanfield of Atlanta, Georgia; Vickie (Dave) Luster of Shelby; son Tom (Becky) Snyder of Norwich, who is also a United Methodist pastor; 29 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. An unofficially adopted son, Tadi (Fifi) Wantwadi, originally of Zaire and now living in Florida, became part of the family after Bob and Peg met him on a mission trip to Africa in 1965 and brought him to the United States for high school and college.
Funeral services will be held at noon, Monday Aug. 22, 2005 at the Shelby First United Methodist Church at 18 S. Gamble St., Shelby. Friends may call at 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home at 301 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria and two hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be held at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Tiffin.
It was Bob's desire that persons wishing to offer tribute might donate to Good News or buy Gideon Bibles instead of sending flowers. Information about the Gideons' Memorial Bible Program can be found at www.gideons.org.
After dropping out of high school to farm full time during World War II, Bob later answered his call to the pastoral ministry. Finishing high school by correspondence in a matter of weeks, he began preaching and serving two small churches in Berkey, Ohio, while commuting to Adrian College in Michigan to work full time on his bachelor's degree. He attended Oberlin Theological Seminary and went on to serve churches in Vickery, Savannah, Willard, Shelby, Barberton, and Cardington, all in north central Ohio, before retiring in 1992 and coming full circle by returning to Fostoria to live out his years.
During his career he was active on many committees and boards of the United Methodist Church at the district, conference, and national levels, but his greatest achievement and passion was as a leader in the movement for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a conservative evangelical Christian, he was in the minority for much of his career, but he chose to stay and work for change from within the church. He did this by founding the East Ohio Evangelical Fellowship in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and later becoming active in the Good News movement, a forum for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a lifetime member of the Good News Board of Directors, he attended his last board meeting in January of 2005. In January of 2004, he was honored by the Good News organization when they awarded him the Ed Robb Evangelism Award, their highest honor, at a banquet attended by all his children and many of the grandchildren in Columbus. Bob was also honored with The Denman Evangelism Award by the Foundation for Evangelism of the United Methodist Church in 1992.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Ora Dee and Edna Stewart Snyder of Fostoria; sister Wanda Smith; and son Timothy Robert Snyder, also a United Methodist pastor. He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Peg) Hale Snyder of Fostoria; sister June (Frank) Harrison of Fostoria; daughters Lanette (Chuck) Cornwell of Toledo; Deborah (Mike) Stanfield of Atlanta, Georgia; Vickie (Dave) Luster of Shelby; son Tom (Becky) Snyder of Norwich, who is also a United Methodist pastor; 29 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. An unofficially adopted son, Tadi (Fifi) Wantwadi, originally of Zaire and now living in Florida, became part of the family after Bob and Peg met him on a mission trip to Africa in 1965 and brought him to the United States for high school and college.
Funeral services will be held at noon, Monday Aug. 22, 2005 at the Shelby First United Methodist Church at 18 S. Gamble St., Shelby. Friends may call at 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home at 301 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria and two hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be held at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Tiffin.
It was Bob's desire that persons wishing to offer tribute might donate to Good News or buy Gideon Bibles instead of sending flowers. Information about the Gideons' Memorial Bible Program can be found at www.gideons.org.
The Rev. Robert Dee Snyder, of Fostoria, died at home at age 79 on Thursday, August 18, 2005, after a long illness. He was a loving father, grandpa, and great-grandpa, whose offspring rise up and call him blessed, and thank him for the ways in which he touched our lives, set a wonderful example, and showed us the path to a relationship with his God. He is survived by his equally wonderful wife, mother, grandma, and great-grandma, Margaret (Peg) Hale Snyder, originally of Tiffin.
After dropping out of high school to farm full time during World War II, Bob later answered his call to the pastoral ministry. Finishing high school by correspondence in a matter of weeks, he began preaching and serving two small churches in Berkey, Ohio, while commuting to Adrian College in Michigan to work full time on his bachelor's degree. He attended Oberlin Theological Seminary and went on to serve churches in Vickery, Savannah, Willard, Shelby, Barberton, and Cardington, all in north central Ohio, before retiring in 1992 and coming full circle by returning to Fostoria to live out his years.
During his career he was active on many committees and boards of the United Methodist Church at the district, conference, and national levels, but his greatest achievement and passion was as a leader in the movement for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a conservative evangelical Christian, he was in the minority for much of his career, but he chose to stay and work for change from within the church. He did this by founding the East Ohio Evangelical Fellowship in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and later becoming active in the Good News movement, a forum for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a lifetime member of the Good News Board of Directors, he attended his last board meeting in January of 2005. In January of 2004, he was honored by the Good News organization when they awarded him the Ed Robb Evangelism Award, their highest honor, at a banquet attended by all his children and many of the grandchildren in Columbus. Bob was also honored with The Denman Evangelism Award by the Foundation for Evangelism of the United Methodist Church in 1992.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Ora Dee and Edna Stewart Snyder of Fostoria; sister Wanda Smith; and son Timothy Robert Snyder, also a United Methodist pastor. He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Peg) Hale Snyder of Fostoria; sister June (Frank) Harrison of Fostoria; daughters Lanette (Chuck) Cornwell of Toledo; Deborah (Mike) Stanfield of Atlanta, Georgia; Vickie (Dave) Luster of Shelby; son Tom (Becky) Snyder of Norwich, who is also a United Methodist pastor; 29 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. An unofficially adopted son, Tadi (Fifi) Wantwadi, originally of Zaire and now living in Florida, became part of the family after Bob and Peg met him on a mission trip to Africa in 1965 and brought him to the United States for high school and college.
Funeral services will be held at noon, Monday Aug. 22, 2005 at the Shelby First United Methodist Church at 18 S. Gamble St., Shelby. Friends may call at 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home at 301 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria and two hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be held at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Tiffin.
It was Bob's desire that persons wishing to offer tribute might donate to Good News or buy Gideon Bibles instead of sending flowers. Information about the Gideons' Memorial Bible Program can be found at www.gideons.org.
After dropping out of high school to farm full time during World War II, Bob later answered his call to the pastoral ministry. Finishing high school by correspondence in a matter of weeks, he began preaching and serving two small churches in Berkey, Ohio, while commuting to Adrian College in Michigan to work full time on his bachelor's degree. He attended Oberlin Theological Seminary and went on to serve churches in Vickery, Savannah, Willard, Shelby, Barberton, and Cardington, all in north central Ohio, before retiring in 1992 and coming full circle by returning to Fostoria to live out his years.
During his career he was active on many committees and boards of the United Methodist Church at the district, conference, and national levels, but his greatest achievement and passion was as a leader in the movement for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a conservative evangelical Christian, he was in the minority for much of his career, but he chose to stay and work for change from within the church. He did this by founding the East Ohio Evangelical Fellowship in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and later becoming active in the Good News movement, a forum for scriptural Christianity within the United Methodist Church. As a lifetime member of the Good News Board of Directors, he attended his last board meeting in January of 2005. In January of 2004, he was honored by the Good News organization when they awarded him the Ed Robb Evangelism Award, their highest honor, at a banquet attended by all his children and many of the grandchildren in Columbus. Bob was also honored with The Denman Evangelism Award by the Foundation for Evangelism of the United Methodist Church in 1992.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Ora Dee and Edna Stewart Snyder of Fostoria; sister Wanda Smith; and son Timothy Robert Snyder, also a United Methodist pastor. He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Peg) Hale Snyder of Fostoria; sister June (Frank) Harrison of Fostoria; daughters Lanette (Chuck) Cornwell of Toledo; Deborah (Mike) Stanfield of Atlanta, Georgia; Vickie (Dave) Luster of Shelby; son Tom (Becky) Snyder of Norwich, who is also a United Methodist pastor; 29 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. An unofficially adopted son, Tadi (Fifi) Wantwadi, originally of Zaire and now living in Florida, became part of the family after Bob and Peg met him on a mission trip to Africa in 1965 and brought him to the United States for high school and college.
Funeral services will be held at noon, Monday Aug. 22, 2005 at the Shelby First United Methodist Church at 18 S. Gamble St., Shelby. Friends may call at 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home at 301 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria and two hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be held at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Tiffin.
It was Bob's desire that persons wishing to offer tribute might donate to Good News or buy Gideon Bibles instead of sending flowers. Information about the Gideons' Memorial Bible Program can be found at www.gideons.org.
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