Harold E. Snodgrass, 77, of 1167 S. Pearl St. died Tuesday, March 7, 1995, at Marigold Health Care Center.
Born Sept. 3, 1917, in Avery, Iowa, to Ralph and Sadie Duffy Snodgrass, he married Frances D. Burkhalter on Nov. 5, 1941, in Palmyra, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Joseph of Burlington, N.J., and Michael of Lakewood, Colo.; one brother, James of Kewanee; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Sarah) Norris of Galesburg, Mary Louise Crowe of Rialto, Calif., and Mrs. George (Minnie) Hatch of Florence, Ariz. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
He began service with the Illinois National Guard in 1932. He then served as an artillery officer with Gen. George Patton's Third Army throughout Europe during World War II. He received the Bronze Star in 1945 for action in France. After the war, he served with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's occupational forces in Tokyo.
He was a battery commander at the Illinois National Guard in Galesburg. He served in active duty at Camp Cooke, Calif., and Fort Lewis, Wash., during the Korean War.
He retired from the Illinois National Guard in 1977 as a lieutenant colonel and retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1978.
Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, with military rites.
Peoria Journal Star - March 10, 1995.
Born Sept. 3, 1917, in Avery, Iowa, to Ralph and Sadie Duffy Snodgrass, he married Frances D. Burkhalter on Nov. 5, 1941, in Palmyra, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Joseph of Burlington, N.J., and Michael of Lakewood, Colo.; one brother, James of Kewanee; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Sarah) Norris of Galesburg, Mary Louise Crowe of Rialto, Calif., and Mrs. George (Minnie) Hatch of Florence, Ariz. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
He began service with the Illinois National Guard in 1932. He then served as an artillery officer with Gen. George Patton's Third Army throughout Europe during World War II. He received the Bronze Star in 1945 for action in France. After the war, he served with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's occupational forces in Tokyo.
He was a battery commander at the Illinois National Guard in Galesburg. He served in active duty at Camp Cooke, Calif., and Fort Lewis, Wash., during the Korean War.
He retired from the Illinois National Guard in 1977 as a lieutenant colonel and retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1978.
Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, with military rites.
Peoria Journal Star - March 10, 1995.
Harold E. Snodgrass, 77, of 1167 S. Pearl St. died Tuesday, March 7, 1995, at Marigold Health Care Center.
Born Sept. 3, 1917, in Avery, Iowa, to Ralph and Sadie Duffy Snodgrass, he married Frances D. Burkhalter on Nov. 5, 1941, in Palmyra, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Joseph of Burlington, N.J., and Michael of Lakewood, Colo.; one brother, James of Kewanee; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Sarah) Norris of Galesburg, Mary Louise Crowe of Rialto, Calif., and Mrs. George (Minnie) Hatch of Florence, Ariz. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
He began service with the Illinois National Guard in 1932. He then served as an artillery officer with Gen. George Patton's Third Army throughout Europe during World War II. He received the Bronze Star in 1945 for action in France. After the war, he served with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's occupational forces in Tokyo.
He was a battery commander at the Illinois National Guard in Galesburg. He served in active duty at Camp Cooke, Calif., and Fort Lewis, Wash., during the Korean War.
He retired from the Illinois National Guard in 1977 as a lieutenant colonel and retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1978.
Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, with military rites.
Peoria Journal Star - March 10, 1995.
Born Sept. 3, 1917, in Avery, Iowa, to Ralph and Sadie Duffy Snodgrass, he married Frances D. Burkhalter on Nov. 5, 1941, in Palmyra, Mo. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Joseph of Burlington, N.J., and Michael of Lakewood, Colo.; one brother, James of Kewanee; and three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Sarah) Norris of Galesburg, Mary Louise Crowe of Rialto, Calif., and Mrs. George (Minnie) Hatch of Florence, Ariz. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
He began service with the Illinois National Guard in 1932. He then served as an artillery officer with Gen. George Patton's Third Army throughout Europe during World War II. He received the Bronze Star in 1945 for action in France. After the war, he served with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's occupational forces in Tokyo.
He was a battery commander at the Illinois National Guard in Galesburg. He served in active duty at Camp Cooke, Calif., and Fort Lewis, Wash., during the Korean War.
He retired from the Illinois National Guard in 1977 as a lieutenant colonel and retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1978.
Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, with military rites.
Peoria Journal Star - March 10, 1995.
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