Marjorie Ella (Waggoner) Snyder Bowers

Marjorie Ella (Waggoner) Snyder Bowers, a terrific wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister-in-law and friend, passed in to heaven at age 93 years, 4 months, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at the Littleton Adventist Hospital in Littleton, Colorado. She was born to Bower Douglas Waggoner and Susie Alice McHugh of Elsberry, Missouri on September 1, 1919. Marjorie graduated from Elsberry High School. She married Robert Loving Snyder on September 2, 1940. They had two daughters, Gayle Snyder Sumner of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Jill Snyder Porter of Littleton, Colorado.

Marjorie was known for her friendly, out-going personality and greeting everyone with a big smile. She loved to play bridge and cherished her friends that she played bridge with in Elsberry.

She was an avid Democrat and served for a time as the Lincoln County Democratic Committee Woman. Marjorie enjoyed the time she worked for Representative Cannon and Representative Hungate at the Missouri State Capital in Jefferson City, Missouri.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Elsberry and the Sappington Road Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, when she and Robert moved to St. Louis.

Marjorie was a Certified Cosmetologist for a short period of time and then worked eighteen years for the Chief of the Department of Surgery, Dr. Everitt Lerwick, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was also a member of the National Registry of Medical Secretaries. She received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Missouri Baptist Medical Center when she retired.

She was a terrific cook and hosted most of the family get-togethers. She could fry up a "mess of catfish" that Uncle Gene would catch on the Mississippi River, along with the best coleslaw and cornbread, and the whole family would feast. She also had the best fried chicken and roasts that you can imagine.

Robert passed on, December 9, 1977. Marjorie met Wilson G. Bowers when they were working on the campaign for Richard Gephart and they married on February 14,1987. They moved to Denver, Colorado, and they enjoyed a wonderful marriage, became members of Calvary Baptist Church then Arapahoe Road Baptist Church in Littleton, Colorado, until Wilson passed on in August, 2001.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, Bower Douglas Waggoner and Susie Alice Mc Hugh Waggoner, her first husband Robert Loving Snyder; her second husband, Wilson G. Bowers; her brothers, J.D. Waggoner, William B. Waggoner, Glenn T. Waggoner, and R.Gene Waggoner.

She is survived by her daughters Gayle Snyder Sumner of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jill Snyder Porter (Russell Porter) of Littleton, Colorado; her grandchildren, Jason Scott Sumner of Seattle, Washington, Monica Shea Sumner (Ian Downs) of Whately, Massachusetts, Dr. Erica Snyder-Notz Moeller (Jeffrey Moeller) of Littleton, Colorado, Melissa Snyder-Notz Dunlap (Casey Dunlap) of Aurora, Colorado, Caleb Snyder-Notz (Emily Hale) of Littleton, Colorado and great-grandchildren, Lydia Ella Shea Sumner of Seattle, Washington, Ethan Robert Weston Sumner of Whately, Massachusetts, Mace Sumner Downs of Whately, Massachusetts, and Odin Sumner Downs of Whately, Massachusetts and her beloved feline companion Sandy. She will be missed by family and friends but enjoyed a great life while here!