Yvonne H. Snevily

Yvonne H. Snevily, age 77 years, of Stockton, NJ (Delaware Township) died peacefully at her residence Wednesday, March 10, 2004.

Born May 3, 1926 in Forest Hills, NY to the late Raymond L. and Sallie Mesick Hunter, she had resided in Stockton for the past twenty-nine years, having previously resided in Oldwick, NJ.

Mrs. Snevily graduated from Westfield High School where she met her husband Robert V. Snevily, who died in 1992. They were married in July 1947. She spent the early years of her married life helping support her husband through law school. She then became a homemaker and mother. Later in life she performed volunteer work for the Hunterdon County Meals on Wheels, the American Heart Association, the Prallsville Mill, Stockton, NJ and the Hunterdon Exchange, Flemington, NJ. She also was president of the Visiting Homemakers Service of Hunterdon County from 1976 to 1980.

Mrs. Snevily was an avid bridge and tennis player. She was a member of both the Westfield Tennis Club and the Echo Lake Country Club. She also enjoyed collecting fans and lecturing on them. She spoke French fluently. She read voraciously, enjoyed being with people and also enjoyed opera and travel.

Mrs. Snevily was a member of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church and then later St. Philip's Episcopal Church, New Hope, PA. Her friends will miss both her laughter and sense of fun. She had a strong sense of right and wrong, was a dutiful and loving mother and will be greatly missed.

Mrs. Snevily is survived by three children, Kirk Snevily of Bedminster, NJ, Lea D. Plummer of Flemington, NJ and Hunter St. Clair Snevily of Moscow, Idaho; five grandchildren; two sisters, Diane DeHossen of Chatham, NJ and Judith Hunter Wilson of Stamford, CT; and one brother, Raymond Hunter of Honolulu, Hawaii.

A public memorial service will be held on Saturday at 12 noon in St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 10 Chapel Road, New Hope, PA, 18938. Interment will be private at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ. Calling hours will be held on Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ (please call or visit www.holcombefisher.com for further information).

Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Philip's Episcopal Church at the address above or to Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822.