Vivian V. Snell

Vivian Valeta Snell, 87, of Hannibal died at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Willow Care Center. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Smith Funeral Home & Chapel. Rev. Tim Goodman will officiate. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday at Smith Funeral Home & Chapel. Vivian was born in Palmyra, Mo., on July 14, 1924, a daughter of John Robert and Rosie May Thayer VanNoy. She was married on June 20, 1948, in Hannibal to Perry Urmel Snell and he died on August 8, 2001. Survivors include a son, John Snell of Hannibal; 2 daughters, Cheryl Snell of St. Louis, and Robin (John) Hoewing of Iowa City, Iowa; and a son, William Snell of Hannibal. Five grandchildren also survive, Anita Snell, Huston Snell, Jay Snell, Jesse Snell and Maren Snell. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Valeta Mae Snell, and two sisters, Velda Mae Finney Roth and Rosie Jewell Finney Icke. Mrs. Snell was raised in Monroe City, and was a graduate of Emerson High School where she was class Valedictorian . She worked as secretary of Marion County Civil Defense, and was active in The Marion County Democrat Club, and the Mark Twain Senior Citizen Center where she and her husband assisted members and the disabled in filing circuit breaker tax forms for many years. She was also a member of Clover Road Christian Church. Casketbearers will be, Jay Snell, Jesse Snell, Anita Snell, Maren Snell, Huston Snell and John Hoewing. Memorials may be made to Clover Road Christian Church in care of Smith Funeral Home & Chapel. Online condolences to the family may be offered at www.smithfuneralhomeandchapel.com .