Freddie was the eldest child of Thurston V. and Gladys (Dunn) Snider. He grew up in the Butler area, where he graduated high school. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in July of 1944. He was serving with the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Group, Third Division, First Army when he was killed during the Battle of the Bulge.
First buried near Cologne, Germany, he was the first Custer County boy killed during WW II to be returned.
Funeral services were held on Nov. 21, 1947 at the First Methodist Church in Butler, officiated by Rev. Roy Rowland. Burial was in the Butler Cemetery under the direction of Kern & Schneider Funeral Home of Clinton.
In addition to his parents, he was survived by one sister, Doris, and four brothers, Herschel, Cecil, Dale and Don; his grandparents, E. D. and Nellie Dunn of Arapaho and Grant and Inez Snider of MO, and many other relatives and friends.
First buried near Cologne, Germany, he was the first Custer County boy killed during WW II to be returned.
Funeral services were held on Nov. 21, 1947 at the First Methodist Church in Butler, officiated by Rev. Roy Rowland. Burial was in the Butler Cemetery under the direction of Kern & Schneider Funeral Home of Clinton.
In addition to his parents, he was survived by one sister, Doris, and four brothers, Herschel, Cecil, Dale and Don; his grandparents, E. D. and Nellie Dunn of Arapaho and Grant and Inez Snider of MO, and many other relatives and friends.
Freddie was the eldest child of Thurston V. and Gladys (Dunn) Snider. He grew up in the Butler area, where he graduated high school. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in July of 1944. He was serving with the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Group, Third Division, First Army when he was killed during the Battle of the Bulge.
First buried near Cologne, Germany, he was the first Custer County boy killed during WW II to be returned.
Funeral services were held on Nov. 21, 1947 at the First Methodist Church in Butler, officiated by Rev. Roy Rowland. Burial was in the Butler Cemetery under the direction of Kern & Schneider Funeral Home of Clinton.
In addition to his parents, he was survived by one sister, Doris, and four brothers, Herschel, Cecil, Dale and Don; his grandparents, E. D. and Nellie Dunn of Arapaho and Grant and Inez Snider of MO, and many other relatives and friends.
First buried near Cologne, Germany, he was the first Custer County boy killed during WW II to be returned.
Funeral services were held on Nov. 21, 1947 at the First Methodist Church in Butler, officiated by Rev. Roy Rowland. Burial was in the Butler Cemetery under the direction of Kern & Schneider Funeral Home of Clinton.
In addition to his parents, he was survived by one sister, Doris, and four brothers, Herschel, Cecil, Dale and Don; his grandparents, E. D. and Nellie Dunn of Arapaho and Grant and Inez Snider of MO, and many other relatives and friends.
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