Ruth R. Snider, 90, of Chesapeake Beach, MD, formerly of Berlin, MD died November 22, 2010 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD. She was born October 7, 1920 in Monterey Park, CA to Addison Thomas and Angie (Gomez) Roland. She was raised and received her education in Texas and Oklahoma.

Ruth moved to Washington, D.C. as a young woman and was employed as a telephone operator for the Department of the Navy where she met a young Marine named Carl William Snider. Carl and Ruth were wed in Washington on September 2, 1949. They made their home in Silver Spring, MD and after the death of her husband Ruth moved to Berlin in 1980 and to Chesapeake Beach in 2006. Ruth enjoyed traveling and had visited all of Europe as well as China and Japan.

Ruth was preceded in death on by her husband Carl on February 8, 1976 and also by a son James A. Snider.

Surviving are three children: Carl Snider and his wife Jan of Silver Spring, MD, Patricia Snider and her companion Janet Colomo of Chesapeake Beach, MD and Sharon Muldoon and her husband Joe of Perrysburg, OH; six grandchildren, one great-grandson and a brother Albert Roland of Greeley, CO.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.

Visitation
December 2, 2010
7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD

Funeral Service
December 3, 2010
11:00 A.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD