Leonard F. Snellenberger Jr.

Leonard F. Snel­len­berger Jr., 79, of Waldo went to be with the Lord on Tues­day (Feb. 14, 2012) at Part­ners of Mar­ion Care & Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter with his fam­ily by his side.

He was born on Nov. 21, 1932, in Pan­ther, W.Va., to the late Leonard F. Snel­len­berger, Sr. and Pearl Madge (Anglin) Snel­len­berger. Leonard was a vet­eran of the U.S. Army dur­ing the Korean War. On June 18, 1951, he mar­ried Ethel L. Roberts, the love of his life, in Clint­wood, Va., and they later moved to Mar­ion in 1955. On June 18, 2011, Leonard and Ethel cel­e­brated their 60th wed­ding anniver­sary at their home with fam­ily and friends. He was employed more than 40 years at Eaton Cor­po­ra­tion in Mar­ion as a tool and die maker from 1955–1995. He often trav­eled to West Vir­ginia for fam­ily vaca­tions; he loved to go fish­ing; enjoyed work­ing on cars; loved to plant a veg­etable gar­den; and enjoyed watch­ing box­ing and the NASCAR races.

Leonard is sur­vived by his lov­ing, devoted wife, Ethel Snel­len­berger; two daugh­ters, Sandy Lynn (Snel­len­berger) Wampler of Mar­ion and Bev­erly Jean (Snel­len­berger) Howald and her hus­band, John, of Waldo; two grand­daugh­ters, Jen­nifer Howald of Down­town Colum­bus and Jeana Howald of West­er­ville; his lov­ing sis­ter, Lorene (Snel­len­berger) Bar­low and her hus­band, Larry, of Mar­ion; one brother, Dusty Dot­son of Vir­ginia; and many nieces and nephews.

He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; three sis­ters, Norma F. Collins, Shirley A. Bazzie and Bon­nie Sue Anglin; and one brother, Elmer (Bobby) G. Snellenberger.

Funeral ser­vices for Leonard will be held at 10 a.m. Sat­ur­day, Feb. 18, at the Boyd-Born Funeral Home. Offi­ci­at­ing the ser­vice will be the Rev. Pamela Lamb-Hart. Bur­ial will fol­low at the Grand Prairie Ceme­tery in Brush Ridge. Fam­ily and friends will act as pall­bear­ers. Vis­i­ta­tion for fam­ily and friends will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Fri­day, Feb. 17.

Those who wish to make memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may make them to Heart­land Hos­pice Memo­r­ial Fund in mem­ory of Leonard Snel­len­berger at heartlandhospicefund.org.

Online con­do­lences may be expressed at boydbornfuneralhome.com.

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