Sandra Snyder

Sandra L. Snyder, 72, of Alpha, IL died Monday, January 9, 2017 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Galesburg. Cremation has been accorded.  Services are 11 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2017 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Woodhull.  Burial is in the Woodhull Cemetery.  Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Peterson-Wallin-Knox Funeral Home in Alpha.  Memorials may be left to Bethany Lutheran Church or Shriners Hospitals for Children.  Online condolences can be made at www.petersonwallinknox.com.

She was born April 16, 1944 in Alpha, Illinois to Gerald and Audrey Nilsson Lindsey. She graduated from AlWood High School and attended business college in Moline.  She was united in marriage to Robert E. Snyder April 30, 1967 in Woodhull.  He died December 22, 2015.

Sandy retired from Moorman’s Manufacturing in Alpha after 25 years and was currently employed at Farmers State Bank of Western Illinois in Alpha.

She was a lifetime member, having been baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Woodhull and a member of the Chapter L PEO in Woodhull.   Sandy enjoyed singing, music, reading, traveling, entertaining and being with her family.

Survivors include her mother, Audrey Lindsey of Alpha, IL; one sister, Cheryl Bazsali of Streamwood, IL; one brother, David (Cindy) Lindsey of Spruce Pine, North Carolina; one brother-in-law, Jeff Anderson of New Windsor, IL; one sister-in-law, Barbara (LeRoy) Watters of Orlando, FL; special cousin, Bonnie Peterson Campbell of Galesburg, IL; two nieces, Jennifer Bazsali Atkinson and Mollie Lindsey Hanlon; one nephew, Patrick Lindsey; three great nephews and one great niece.

She was preceded in death by her father, husband, mother-in-law and great nephew, Jackson William Lindsey.