Camilla Jane Snider

Camilla Jane Snider, 89, Excelsior Springs, MO. passed away February 28, 2015 at the Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Excelsior Springs, MO. where she had been a resident since 2012. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 pp.m. Friday, March 6, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Excelsior Springs, MO. The Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO. Named after her paternal Great-grandmother, Camilla Jane Snider (Cameron) was born in Bosworth, MO on August 3, 1925 to Leslie and Orpha Cameron and was the oldest of three daughters. Camilla lived in Rothville, MO until she was a junior when her parents moved the family to Marceline, MO where she graduated from high school. While in school in both Rothville and Marceline she played the trumpet in the school band, and while in school in Rothville she played on the basketball team and was a member of the 4H Club. After high school, she attended beauty school in Kansas City returning to Marceline on the weekends to be with her family. After beauty school, Camilla opened a beauty shop in Marceline, which she ran until after she was married. Camilla joined the Eastern Star in 1947 and has been a member for more than 66 years. She met the love of her life and on July 4, 1952 married Max L Snider in the back yard of her parent’s house. A short time after their marriage they purchased a house across from her parent’s home, which they shared with her paternal grandmother. Max and Camilla had two children (Cynthia Dean of Excelsior Springs and David Snider of Parkville) and she has two grandchildren. While living in Marceline, Max and Camilla had dinner multiple times with Walt Disney and his brother Roy, whom they met through friends. In 1960, Camilla, her husband, and children moved to Excelsior Springs where she and the family were active in the First United Methodist Church (FUMC). Camilla served as the Adult Sunday School Superintendent beginning in the mid-1960’s until she “retired” in 2011. Camilla also was a past member of the Administrative Board at FUMC and was an active participant in various women’s organizations and clubs associated with the Church. On February 29, 1972, Camilla and her husband purchased Bond Dry Cleaners, which they operated until closing in 1995. Camilla maintained the books for the business, hauled clothing to the Richmond, MO office and performed various other functions for the business. In 1979, Camilla and her husband purchased their “Hideaway” on Wolf Hollow Road in Ray County between Wood Heights and Orrick, MO. She and her husband enjoyed having various dinners and brunches at their Hideaway with the party season starting on Memorial Day and ending with a Halloween party each year. The guests consisted of various members from their respective Sunday School classes, church members, and friends from the community and family. Camilla also hosted parties at the Hideaway for her various Church organizations as well as the Excelsior Springs Garden Club of which she was a member. After closing their business in 1995, she and her husband could often be found at their Hideaway when the weather was nice and would often visit it in the colder months of the year on mild, sunny days. Camilla traveled to Europe with a group lead by a former minister at FUMC in 1984. In 1990, she and her husband made a trip to Germany with most of the same group she had traveled with in Europe. While in Germany, they spent two weeks staying at the residence of a German family they had met through the trip leader. In 1998, she and her husband took a short cruise off the Northeast coast of the US and Canada with this same travel group and attended Phantom of the Opera as well as other performances in New York. In 2001, she and her husband flew to Phoenix, AZ where they took a bus and train trip visiting various sites culminating in Las Vegas, NV before returning to Excelsior Springs. Camilla enjoyed her many Church activities, organizations and clubs, cooking for various dinners at church and for parties at the Hideaway and also enjoyed quilting, crocheting, embroidery and cross-stitched on gingham. Survivors include One Son David Snider of Parkville. MO., One Daughter Cynthia Dean of Excelsior Springs, MO. Two Grandchildren: Lesley Hankins and husband Ryan of Kansas City, MO. and Brian Dean and wife Kristen of Tenessee, and One Great-Grandchild Hudson Dean also of Tennessee. Besides her parents and husband Max who preceded her in death on May 3, 2010, Camille was preceded in death by a sister Patricia Matteson.

Camilla Jane Snider

August 3, 1925 - February 28, 2015