Kenneth Donald Snyder

Kenneth Donald Snyder, 90, a resident of Ft. Myers, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in Ft. Myers. He was born January 9, 1925 in Davenport, IA to Grant and Eleanor Snyder, now deceased. Having attended the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, Kenneth was an engineer cadet and deck engineer. He served in the South Pacific and European Theatres during WWII, albeit around the globe several times, aboard steam ships Edwin W. Moore, Joseph Hughes, Stamford Newell, LaSalle Seam, Pocohontas Seam, and at Newport News ship building dry docks. After graduating Davenport High School in 1943 and marrying Sue Ann Cummins on June 2, 1945, St. Paul's Catholic Church, Kenneth was self-employed, having owned Homes Security with Jerry Harr and KJ Construction with S. John McCall. His building improvement career started at the initial construction of the Alcoa plant and ended with the ownership of apartment buildings. His memberships included The Knights of Columbus, Elks, Crow Valley Golf Club, Davenport Country Club, The Outing Club, and The Izaack Walton League. He enjoyed playing golf and gin rummy with his friends, and skiing and hunting at Winter Park, CO, Moonlake, IA and the Hennipen Canal, IL. He is survived by daughters, Angela L. (Jim) Hammes of Bluegrass, IA, and Tina M. (Terry) Fleischman of San Diego, CA and sons, Timothy M. Snyder of Davenport, IA, and Andrew L. Snyder of Ft. Myers, FL. Survivors also include seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and his sister -in-law, Anne Snyder. He was preceded in death by Sue Ann, his wife of 54 years on June 8, 1999; his parents; brother, Delmar and his son, Thomas in 2011. A Memorial Mass of resurrection will be held at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Davenport in May 2016. Private inurnment will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery. I must go down to the seas again. To the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel's kicks, And the wind song, And the white sails shaking, And a gray mist on the sea's faces, And the gray dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again. Memorial Contributions in memory of Kenneth Snyder may be made to St. Pauls, St. Ambrose University, New Melleray Abbey, C.A.S.I. and The Cradle in Evanston, IL. Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted with final care.