NAME: STEVEN MARK SNIDER, AGE 51, ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 26, 1945 AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO WILLIAM AND MANA (ANGEL) SNIDER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 51 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MIAMI, OK, GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL THERE IN 1963. HE ATTENDED COLLEGE AT NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA A & M ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP. MARRIED: DONNA ROYA IN AUGUST 1969. TWYLA EATHERLY ON NOVEMBER 16, 1977 AT WELCH, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AS KITCHEN MANAGER, AT JOSEPH HARP CENTER, STRINGTOWN, AND MCLEOD. HE LATER WORKED AS HEAD CHEF AT THE HOMEPLACE RESTAURANT IN STRINGTOWN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF REORGANIZED CHURCH OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS AT MIAMI, OK. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE THE U.S. ARMY DURING VIETNAM AS A FRONTLINE GUNMAN IN THE INFANTRY. HE WAS AN M-14 SHARPSHOOTER, WAS AWARDED NUMEROUS DECORATIONS INCLUDING THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. STEVE WAS SHOT IN ACTION ON AUGUST 5, 1969, AFTER RECOVERY HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MEDICS AS TECHNICIAN. HE LOVED SPORTS AND COACHING SOCCER AND BASEBALL. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AT NE A & M. HIS FAVORITE PASTIME WAS WORKING CROSSWORD PUZZLES. SURVIVED BY SONS: JOSHUA SNIDER OF LEXINGTON, OK. ANTHONY SNIDER OF LEXINGTON, OK. DAUGHTERS: STEPHANIE ROGERS OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. KELLIE KILLEY, STATIONED IN GERMANY. GRANDSON: R. J. ROGERS OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. FORMER WIFE: TWYLA SNIDER OF LEXINGTON, OK. UNCLE: CARL ANGEL OF MIAMI, OK. AUNTS: BARBARA KIRK OF MIAMI, OK. MAYME CARR OF MIAMI, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND: PENNY MAIDEN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MANY COUSINS AND OTHER RELATIVES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: WILLIAM SNIDER. MOTHER: MANA ALVARD. STEPFATHER: JACK ALVARD.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: FAIRLAND CEMETERY ~ FAIRLAND, OK. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE: MONDAY, JULY 15, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. FULL MILITARY RITES WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE NE OKLAHOMA VETERANS FUNERAL DETAIL OF MIAMI, OK. OFFICIATING SERVICE: REV. BOB CUNNINGHAM. OFFICIATING GRAVESIDE: REV. PHIL SHYERS.