John Eliott Snyder

J. Elliot Snyder, 89, went home to our Lord on July 19, 2017, of natural causes, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was born to John and Gladys (Youngquist) Snyder, in Brookville, Kansas. Elliot was the oldest of 3 children, and worked on the family farm until he was 16.
After graduating from High School, Elliot joined the US Navy (1945), and went to boot camp in San Diego, California, where he met his first wife, Betty Lee. They were married October 19, 1946. Their first daughter was born June 1947, and the second daughter was born in August 1948. From there, Elliot was stationed in Hawaii, then in Chicago, where Betty and Elliot divorced, in June, 1955.
Elliot later married Dorothy Sue, on December 17, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. They had no children together. He was then stationed in Pensacola, Florida, until he got out of the Navy, in 1957, and later moved to Colorado. Elliot and Sue divorced in 1976, in Denver, Colorado.
Elliot said he never really knew why he joined the US Navy, because he did not like the water, and did not know how to swim, until joining the Navy. After his 12 years in the Navy, Elliot became a professional truck driver, and was the first person in the State of Kansas, to obtain a CDL.
In 1992, Elliot had moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to live with his oldest granddaughter and family, Jessi and Russ Cundiff. He would help friends on the Dreemerer Ranch in Horse Creek, Wyoming, during branding, and to move cattle from one pasture to the next. In 1996, Elliot moved to Manville, Wyoming, working as a cowboy, where he resided there until 2015. While in Manville, Wyoming, he met Margo Pronger, in August of 2002, who survives him. He had moved back to Cheyenne in 2015, where he was closer to medical care.
J. Elliot Snyder was preceded in death by both his parents, his only brother and his only sister.
He is survived by his life partner, Margo Pronger and their Schnauzer “Lucky”; His daughter Pam (Snyder) Camp (Edward Schumacher) of San Diego, California; Judy (Snyder) Davis (dog: Coco) of Mountain Home, Idaho; Granddaughters Jessi (Russ) Cundiff of Briggsdale, Colorado; Wendy (Jay) Tucker of Briggsdale, Colorado; Great Grandchildren Roy (Samantha) Basinger, of Grover, Colorado; Justin (Priscilla) Cundiff of Oak Grove, Kentucky; Makennah Tucker and Ryan Tucker of Briggsdale Colorado. Great - Great Grandchildren Makayla, Easton, and Kasey Basinger; Colton (Briggsdale, Colorado), Peytyn, and Clark Cundiff of Oak Grove, Kentucky. Many nieces and nephews, all of Kansas. Margo’s children, Jean (Mark) Stadwiser of New York; Kathleen (Tony) Mirarchi of Pennsylvania; Candice (David) Silvas of California; Grandchildren: 2 Stadwiser, 3 Mirarchi, 5 Silvas.
A memorial service for Elliot Snyder will be Sat. Aug. 12, 2017, @ 3:00pm; Legacy Senior Living, 4104 Greenway Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001. His ashes will be laid to rest in Manville, Wyoming