Hillsborough
Alberta Ernest Snyder,103, wife of the late Ernest A. Snyder, mother of the late E. Wayne Snyder and mother-in- law to the late David Terhune, died October 19, 2021 in the home she was born in, August 7, 1918. Her sisters, Florence E. Sutphin, Lucy Stoveken, and Alice Stryker also predeceased her. Her secretarial and employment career began at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, then onto the Belle Mead Depot during WWII, a bus driver, then as owner along with her husband at their Snyder Fuel Service in Three Bridges and culminating in 1986 at Hillsborough Township as the Assistant Tax Collector working alongside her husband, Ernest, the former Tax Collector. A career spanning over 50 years.
Alberta was one of the "Grand Dames" of Hillsborough and certainly was not one to sit back and enjoy her status. She was an influential member of the Republican Party, a life member of the PTA, a member of the Historical Society, the Rotary Anns (wives of Rotary members back then), and a volunteer with local churches whenever called upon.
Surviving are her daughter Jean S.. Terhune, her grandson, Matt Terhune,her sister, Neva Staats and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hour will begin 10am on Monday, October 25, at the Cusick Funeral Home, Somerville followed by a Funeral Service at 11am at the funeral home and concluding with final prayers at Neshanic Cemetery, Amwell Rd., Hillsborough at 12:30pm.
Memorial donations may be made in Alberta's name to Samaritan Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607 (samaritanspurse.org) or a charity of your choice.
Alberta Ernest Snyder,103, wife of the late Ernest A. Snyder, mother of the late E. Wayne Snyder and mother-in- law to the late David Terhune, died October 19, 2021 in the home she was born in, August 7, 1918. Her sisters, Florence E. Sutphin, Lucy Stoveken, and Alice Stryker also predeceased her. Her secretarial and employment career began at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, then onto the Belle Mead Depot during WWII, a bus driver, then as owner along with her husband at their Snyder Fuel Service in Three Bridges and culminating in 1986 at Hillsborough Township as the Assistant Tax Collector working alongside her husband, Ernest, the former Tax Collector. A career spanning over 50 years.
Alberta was one of the "Grand Dames" of Hillsborough and certainly was not one to sit back and enjoy her status. She was an influential member of the Republican Party, a life member of the PTA, a member of the Historical Society, the Rotary Anns (wives of Rotary members back then), and a volunteer with local churches whenever called upon.
Surviving are her daughter Jean S.. Terhune, her grandson, Matt Terhune,her sister, Neva Staats and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hour will begin 10am on Monday, October 25, at the Cusick Funeral Home, Somerville followed by a Funeral Service at 11am at the funeral home and concluding with final prayers at Neshanic Cemetery, Amwell Rd., Hillsborough at 12:30pm.
Memorial donations may be made in Alberta's name to Samaritan Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607 (samaritanspurse.org) or a charity of your choice.