Gretchen F. Snell

Gretchen Snell Obituary

Gretchen Fritz Snell went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 15, 2008. Born on December 12, 1948, Gretchen celebrated 39 wonderful years of marriage with her beloved husband, Dennis, and took great joy in being a homemaker and an office manager at Booker, Arceneaux, Laskowski & Myers, LLP. She will always be remembered for brightening the lives of those who knew her by her lighthearted, caring and lively nature. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lorena S. Fritz and is survived by her husband, Dennis Snell; her children, Amy Canterbury, Kelly Campsey, and Matthew Snell; her sons-in-law, Michael Canterbury, Sr. and Thomas Campsey, Jr.; her daughter-in-law, Melissa Snell; her grandchildren, Michael and Stephen Canterbury, Payton McKenna and Bridget Campsey, and Dylan and Cora Snell; her sisters, Mary Bowen, Lorena Parker and Jan Moore; and numerous nieces and nephews. A Holy Rosary will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church at 6:00 pm. on Sunday, February 17th, 2008, 3017 N. St. Mary's Street. The Funeral Service will be held at the Holy Cross Cemetery Chapel at 11:00 am on Monday, February 18th, 2008, 17501 Nacogdoches Rd. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Vincent De Paul at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Arrangements with: Ortiz Mortuary.

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Published by San Antonio Express-News on Feb. 16, 2008.

Memories and Condolences
for Gretchen Snell

13 Entries

Neala Sheehy

February 28, 2008

Thinking about your family and sending love.

Catherine

February 26, 2008

I had to smile when I read Lena’s guestbook entry, because it reminded me of my childhood memories of Gretchen cutting a rug at family get-togethers, not to mention singing along to AC/DC on countless occasions.

Besides her tremendous sense of humor and knack for story-telling, what I will remember most about my Aunt Gretchen is how loving and supportive she was and how devoted she was to her family. She would always tell me how proud she was of me and reminded me of the many opportunities I had to be grateful for. Our family was very tight-knit, spending every holiday together with plenty of potluck food and all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends of the family joining us for merrymaking, and I remember making her repeat stories year after year about my mother, grandmother, and the history of our family.

In middle school, I looked forward to going with my grandmother, who lived with us, to visit Aunt Gretchen and her family on Sunday afternoons to spend the day together and have dinner there. While I will dearly miss Gretchen, I will never forget the time we spent together, what a good correspondent she was while I was living far away from home, and how positive and uplifting she was when I was feeling down. It was difficult being far away from her and my family when she fell ill and passed away, but I find myself smiling when I remember her delicious King Ranch Chicken, our shared enjoyment of Monty Python and Mel Brooks movies, her graceful hands, her E-Bay career, the biographies of old Hollywood stars she would lend me, her jokes, gestures, tales, how she loved to visit the Oblate Grotto during her lunch hour, and all the other memories I will always cherish. I am glad to have had the precious time I spent with her and feel very fortunate that I was blessed to have such a caring, generous, and witty person in my family, someone who brought much laughter into my life and was full of goodwill.

Lena

February 19, 2008

Gretchen's family and friends, So sorry for your loss. Though I had only met Gretchen a handful of times I could tell she was a wonderful person, Steven has shared some great stories. One my fondest memories is of Gretchen dancing to ACDC, what a gal. She will be missed....

Lisa (Alter) Abramson

February 19, 2008

My sincere sympathies to you all. May you take your strength from each other and all the beautiful memories you shared. Dennis, I haven't seen you since we were very young. We run into Robert every once in a while. I know you lost Donald not too long ago, too.
I just wanted to extend our condolences and let you know we were thinking of you and are so sorry to hear of Gretchen's passing.

Kevin Kott

February 17, 2008

My sincerest condolences to Dennis and family. It was many many years ago in another world that we double-dated and had so much fun. I have fond memories of Gretchen from those days.

Tonya Bottoms

February 17, 2008

Amy, Kelly, and Matt: I'm so sorry for your loss. Remember that she is dancing with our Lord and Savior!! You are in my prayers. Love, Tonya
Zephaniah 3:17 "The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

Becky Ruhmann-Willmon

February 17, 2008

Dennis, Amy, Kelly, Matt and family, I am so sorry for your loss. Gretchen was a wonderful loving woman who is now in a better place. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

Steven Brinkley

February 17, 2008

Dennis, Amy, Kelly, and Matt:

I was shocked and saddened to learn of Gretchen's illness and subsequent passing. I want you all to know that I think of her and have always thought of her as my second mother. I regret that I could not be with you to share your grief and say goodbye to your beloved wife and mother.

Love Steven

Carol & Chester Blanchard

February 16, 2008

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Becky Ambrosius

February 16, 2008

I knew Gretchen very well as her daughter and my special friend, Kelly Campsey spoke of her with such love and devotion. I only met her once at Bridget's baby shower. She was exactly as I envisoned from Kelly's "stories". I could tell instantly that Kelly's gift of telling stories came from Gretchen. As the candles on the fireplace were spilling messy wax on the brick mantle and floor, Gretchen made me feel better about the situation by telling us of a story when she was at someone's house for dinner and the same thing happening with a small fire involved. I laughed and thought, "It could be worse." I remember her sitting next to her daughter-in-law and they just seemed to have such a special relationship. Then when you put her with her daughters...they were a hoot. I actually think Gretchen bought Bridget 1,693 outfits if I remember correctly. Picture after picture showed a new darling outfit the beautiful baby would wear. That shower special to me as that was my opportunity to get to know Grethchen's daughter Amy (we co-hosted the shower)too. Since the theme of the party was "Summer Fun", we had cheesy blow up summer pool toys which we used as decoration. When Gretchen was leaving I told her to take some of the items for her grandchildren. I remember Gretchen thinking so hard of which item to take. When I told to make sure all of her grandchildren had one, she looked at me like I was handing her a $100.00. After her accident, I gave her a gift certificate to Home Depot so she could enjoy the fresh air planting flowers which Kelly said she enjoyed. It was difficult for her to write, but she send such a sweet note thanking me for the gift certificate and being a friend to Kelly. I was so touched and only threw out that card last month. I will always remembered how appreciative, caring, gentle, and funny she was. Gretchen's memories will last everyone a life time. God bless her family and friends. Her grandchildren were so lucky to be blessed with her attention. Kelly's stories reflected the strong bond she had with her husband and I always thought their marriage was a "model marriage" for the rest of us! Celebrate Grethen's life as family and friends are joined together and know that I will be thinking about all of you!

Ray W. Leeman

February 16, 2008

I feel fortunate for having known such a gracious lady.

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