The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-08
E[kS TO BURY
vESTAl SNYDER
Prominent Attorney of the County
Who Succumbed After Hard
Fight Against Illness
HAD REPRESENTED CITY
AND COUNTY IN OFFICE
Judge Preble, Former Partner,
Will Deliver Eulogy at Services
to be Held This Afternoon at
O'clock

Vestal Snyder, attorney, died at ST.
Elizabeth'S hospital at about o'clock
Tuesday morning of cirrhosis of the
liver after an illness of several weeks.
He had been in a precarious condition
for tho past two weeks but showed
such vitality and such encouraging
symptoms that at times those nearest
to him were induced to believe that
he would recover. Monday, however,
it was seen that he was in very
weak condition and it was then def
initely recognized that death was ao-
preaching. The end came quietly in
the early morning.
Mr.. Snyder was a graduate of the
law course at Valparaiso, Ind, and
had been a resident of this city since
1894 having previously spent short
time at Spokane and Cheney, He had
participated in many of the cases in
litigation here during his time If
practice and had made for himself a
commanding position as an attorney
and an unusually large number of
friends of both a personal and a bust
ness character He was for a long
time a law partner of Judge E. Is.
nership with Floyd Hatfield.
Was Legal Official
In public way Mr.. Snyder has
represented this county as its prose-
cutting attorney and had been the at
torney of the city of North Yakima
several terms. He was the delegate,
in 1900, from this state to the silver
~
he maintained no especial political
interests after the political aff1lia-
tions had been determined following
the gold and silver struggle. Latter
ly he had given more Of his attention
each year to ranching interests and
had under development a fine orch
ard tract in the Wide Hollow where
he had but recently completed q
splendid new residence in the expec-
tation of ultimately making his home
there.
Services at Elks' Temple
Mr.. Snyder was married at DAN
vile, Illinois, in 1891 to Mona Mar
quis, who with their two daughters.
Helen and Marion. survive him.
Funeral services over the body OF
Mr.. Snyder will be held today at the
Elks lodge room and will be in &C
cordance with the funeral rites of
that order. The knights of Pythias
and the Woodmen Of the World, with
which orders Mr.. Snyder had afflliat-
ed, will be present as will be also the
member Of the bar Of Yakima coun-
ty. The services will be at 2 o'clock
and will be public in their character.
Judge Treble will deliver the eulogy.
Judge Preble closed on Tuesday and
will today close court as tribute to
tho deceased and the bar society will
prepare resolutions expressing the re-
greet Of the members at the close Of
the career of Mr.. Snyder.
Large Following
Mr.. Snyder had an unusually large
number of very firm friends in this
community and among them were
people who had known him but a
year or two and others who had been
acquainted with him and met him
daily since he came here II years
agos young man, prepared for his
share Of the work of the community.
They recognized his excellences of
heart and mind and responded to a
courtesy which was sincere ami
hearty and to kindness of dispo-
sition which was lovable.