Sheila Snyder

Our beloved mother, Sheila Jane Snyder (Gillin), passed away on March 30, 2026 with family by her side. She was born on January 10, 1937, in New York, to Francis and Mary Gillin (Barry). After attending Emerson College in Boston, MA, she married George Snyder in 1967, and together they shared 46 wonderful years. Sheila enjoyed photography, poetry, and crafting and was known for her love of her children.

Sheila is survived by her children, Charles (Lisa) Snyder, Kathleen Longtin, Nancy (Brian) Sumida, Richard (Jarolyn) Snyder, and Michael Snyder; grandchildren; Matthew Klomp, Rebecca Moss, Samantha Haack, Garrett M. Longtin, Mason Longtin, Garrett P. Snyder, and Megan Snyder, in addition to seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Patricia Costa.

Sheila was preceded in death by George, her parents & step-mother (Gladys), sister Rose Downs, brother George Gillin.

A memorial service will be held at Tower Home for Funerals, 4007 Joliet Avenue in Lyons, IL on April 8, 2026 between 4pm and 8pm. The family invites friends to share memories and celebration of Sheila’s life.   Funeral services on Thursday April 9th, Family and friends to meet for Mass at St. Leonard Church 3318 Clarence in Berwyn, 10:00 a.m. then proceeding to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois for burial at 1:00 p.m.sharp.

The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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