Esta Louise Beck Snodgrass, 92, Gallipolis, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2005 at her residence. She was a Nursing Supervisor who retired from the Gallipolis Developmental Center in 1984, and had also served as Nursing Supervisor at Laken State Hospital, Pleasant Valley Hospital and the former Holzer Hospital. She received a R.N. Degree from Portsmouth General Hospital in 1945, with Clinical Training at the Cleveland Clinic. She was a member of the Gallipolis First Baptist Church.
Esta was born May 5, 1913, in Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of the late John and Edith Jones Beck. She was preceded in death by her husband, James V. Snodgrass, 1981; by a grandson, Kevin Smith, 2002 and a grand daughter-in-law, Lora Smith, 2005; and three sisters: Carrie Myers, Helen Walters, and Hazel Wilcoxon.
She is survived by one son and two daughters:
Tom Snodgrass, Gallipolis, Ohio
Patricia (Gary) Bost, Bastrop, Texas
Linda (Russell) Bowcott, Gallipolis, Ohio
Six grandchildren:
Marisa Sanders, Gallipolis, Ohio
T. J. Snodgrass, Gallipolis, Ohio
Chris Smith Lemon, South Dakota
Brian Smith, Crown City, Ohio
Tricia Lawrence, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chad Burke, Gallipolis, Ohio
and Twelve Great Grandchildren
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM., Thursday, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis. Burial will be in the Centenary Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Wednesday, 6:00 – 8:00 PM.
