Jean Kauffman Snyder

Jean Kauffman Snyder of St. Michaels died on Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at the Talbot Hospice House in Easton following an unsuccessful fight against cancer. She was 78. Born in Baltimore on February 15, 1923, she was the daughter of the late John Maurice and Mary Dunnock Kauffman. She graduated from Forest Park High School in Baltimore in 1941 and then the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 1943. She pursued a brief career in commercial art before devoting her attention to fine art. She painted with acrylics, oil pastels, and pencil, and some of her paintings, most of which were abstract in nature, were exhibited in northern New Jersey. She studied painting with Lee Hall at Drew University in New Jersey and at the New Jersey Center for Arts in Summit, NJ, where she also served on the Board of Trustees and chaired the Gallery Committee. She resided in Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, before moving to Talbot County in 1979. She lived near Bozman prior to moving to St. Michaels in 1998. She loved sailing, birding, Native American culture and religion, nature, and art, and traveling, and she and her husband enjoyed many opportunities to participate in educational programs throughout the U.S. and abroad. Mrs. Snyder was a life-long Episcopalian and an active member of Christ Episcopal Church in St. Michaels. She was also a member of the Academy Art Museum, where she chaired and served on the Exhibition Committee, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, where she served on the Volunteers Board, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the St. Andrews Society of the Eastern Shore, the Talbot County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society, and the Cruising Sailors of St. Michaels. Mrs. Snyder is survived by her husband, Frederick O. Snyder, whom she married in 1943; two daughters, Karen Snyder Lathrop of Warwick, NY, and Eugenia Snyder Thomason of Cotopaxi, CO; and a granddaughter, Priscilla Van Lill Lathrop of Bethlehem, PA. Memorial services will be held at the Christ Episcopal Church in St. Michaels on Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at 11:00 AM followed by a reception in the parish hall. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601 or the Christ Church Memorial Fund, 103 Willow Street, St. Michaels, MD 21663.