Martin R. "Ralph" Sniff, 81, of rural Edelstein died Saturday, March 24, 2001, at BelWood Nursing Home in Peoria, where he had been a patient since Oct. 25, 2000.
Born May 6, 1919, in Speer to Martin Leo and Martha E. Hinman Sniff, he married Eleanor E. Hofer on Aug. 3, 1942, in Salinas, Calif. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Jack (and Connie) of LaFayette, Ind., Ronald (and Shirley) of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, and Michael and James (and Laura), both of Dunlap; and two sisters, Charlotte (and Jim) Tucker of Chillicothe and Barbara Foster of Albuquerque, N.M.
He was preceded in death by one brother.
A World War II Army veteran, he served as a paratrooper in the European Theater.
He first worked as a welder for R.G. LaTourneau in Peoria. He then farmed in rural Dunlap from 1947 until retiring in 1993.
He was a member of American Legion Post 248 in Princeville and the Peoria County Farm Bureau.
He was a trustee for the Dunlap Fire Department for more than 30 years.
Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery in Dunlap.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sunday, March 25, 2001.
Martin R. "Ralph" Sniff, 81, of rural Edelstein died Saturday, March 24, 2001, at BelWood Nursing Home in Peoria, where he had been a patient since Oct. 25, 2000.
Born May 6, 1919, in Speer to Martin Leo and Martha E. Hinman Sniff, he married Eleanor E. Hofer on Aug. 3, 1942, in Salinas, Calif. She survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Jack (and Connie) of LaFayette, Ind., Ronald (and Shirley) of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, and Michael and James (and Laura), both of Dunlap; and two sisters, Charlotte (and Jim) Tucker of Chillicothe and Barbara Foster of Albuquerque, N.M.
He was preceded in death by one brother.
A World War II Army veteran, he served as a paratrooper in the European Theater.
He first worked as a welder for R.G. LaTourneau in Peoria. He then farmed in rural Dunlap from 1947 until retiring in 1993.
He was a member of American Legion Post 248 in Princeville and the Peoria County Farm Bureau.
He was a trustee for the Dunlap Fire Department for more than 30 years.
Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery in Dunlap.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Sunday, March 25, 2001.
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