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Sherry Snyder
SHERRY SNYDER
Tipton
Sherry K. Snyder, 71,
of Tipton, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Mercy Iowa City. Graveside memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 30, at Tipton Masonic Cemetery with the Rev. Ronald Lashmit officiating. A light luncheon will be held at the funeral home following. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton.
To honor Sherry's memory, a memorial has been created for the Cedar County Historical Society, D.A.R., Soldiers Monument, Backpack Buddies and the Lutheran Vacation Bible School Program.
Online condolences may be shared at www.fry
funeralhome.com.
Sherry was born on May 18, 1944, in Mercy Iowa City, Iowa. She was raised by her mother and stepfather, Paul and Doris Osborn. Sherry graduated from Tipton High School and was a member of the class of 1962. Sherry was the manager of Community Action (Iowa East Central T.R.A.I.N.), a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedar Country Historical Society, D.A.R. and was a supporter of the Back Pack Buddy Program.
Sherry is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Julie Kenney; grandchildren, Jacob Kenney (fiancee Sadie Hay) and Kaitlyn Kenney of Round Lake Beach, Ill.; and her niece, Samantha (Dan) Zieglowsky and their children, Brandan Smith and Ayla Zieglowsky, all of Tipton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Doris Osborn; sister, Randi Smith; and husband, George Snyder.
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