State Colleg, Pennsylvania
Creigh S. Snyder
1928 — 2022
Creigh S. Snyder, Jr., 93, of State College, died Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at The Atrium at The Village At Penn State. Born September 4, 1928, in Carlisle, he was the son of the late Creigh S., Sr. and Helen Wolfe Snyder. Creigh served in the United States Navy from 1946-1948. Within two weeks of discharge, he married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Heishman, who preceded him in death on March 14, 2015. Creigh earned a degree in Mortuary Science from Eckels Mortuary School in 1950 and worked as a Funeral Director in Grove City and Mercer, serving as the community's de facto ambulance driver as well. He then became a salesman for the York Casket Company and, later, a partner in the...