Patricia K. Snyder, age 90 of Huntsville, Alabama passed peacefully into the hands of the Lord after a brief illness on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 with her daughter, Julie, and her husband, John Edward Snyder, at her side. Pat was born Patricia Imelda Kearns May 1, 1929 in New York City to Harold Jerome and Margaret Helen Buckley Kearns.
Pat grew up in New York City. She shared many fond memories of her grandparents, uncles and aunts from when she was a child during the great depression. She attended Fordham University in New York and subsequently finished her degree in History and English at the University of Alabama.
As a young adult, Pat worked on Wall Street. She met the love of her life, John Edward Snyder at the Peninsula House Beach Club in Sea Bright, New Jersey during one of the many family trips there. After his graduation from the Naval Academy, they married on December 22, 1949, in Saint Helena’s Church in New York City. Pat was a mother, homemaker and proud Navy wife for the 70 years of their marriage. They lived in Annapolis, Pensacola, Coronado, Monterey, Wichita, and Huntsville. Pat volunteered for many years at Huntsville Hospital and was active in the Reserve Officers Association and the Coast Guard Auxiliary with her husband. She loved international travel, entertaining, golf, their dogs, reading, and the study of Irish history. She was an avid genealogist and enjoyed the many RV camping trips they took.
Pat is survived by her husband; daughter, Julie Broyles, M.D.; son-in-law, Rande; grandchildren, Cody Jacob, Hannah Lian, and Matthew Van Duong Broyles of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and daughter, Barbara Jean McCormick, of Tennessee.
Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 pm on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at Laughlin Service Funeral Home. The memorial service will immediately follow in the chapel with Father Michael MacMahon officiating. Inurnment will be at the United States Naval Academy Columbarium in Annapolis, Maryland.
The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to a favorite charity.
