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| ||{{attachment:DorisSnyder.png}}<<BR>><<BR>>'''November 13, 1929 – August 26, 2017'''<<BR>><<BR>>{{ attachment:Doris_Obit_fixed.jpg | | width=350 }}<<BR>><<BR>><<BR>><<BR>>DorisFriendsAndFamily<<BR>>where you can enter your personal memories.|| Doris Lynn Boone Snyder passed peacefully on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at her home of 49 years, as she had hoped to do. The family wishes to express deep gratitude to Melanie Naylor of [[http://www.visitingangels.com/portland/home | Visiting Angels]], Cristy Johnson and Susan Kelsay from [[https://www.homeinstead.com/352 | Home Instead ]], as well as other caregivers whose devotion made it possible for Doris to remain at home during the final years of her life.<<BR>><<BR>>She began that life in New Orleans as the daughter of John Lindsey Boone and Sarah Ella !McNiel Boone and spent a happy childhood in that lovely city. She graduated from Loyola University in 1949 with a bachelor’s degree in music, intending to become a professional cellist, and took up a position with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. It was there that she met her husband to be, Norman Russell Bell, who was conducting the orchestra. He was a nationally known conductor and composer and had worked with the Robert Shaw Chorale, the Fred Waring Workshop, had been the music director and production director for a television station in New Orleans, and choral director at Xavier University in New Orleans. They married and had their first son in 1950. Two more sons quickly followed and Doris had the family she hoped for. <<BR>><<BR>>In 1959, the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Norman continued to teach and conduct and where he became the artistic director of the Albuquerque Theatre Arts Center, which included a choral group, opera, and live theatre. Doris enthusiastically participated in his endeavors, including rehearsals, and costume design for the live productions. Norman passed away in 1981 and Doris married a family friend, Andrew Snyder, who had been serving as an intelligence officer attached to the US Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque and moved to Portland, Oregon. In Portland, Doris joined the St. Vincent Hospital Guild where she volunteered her time for 15 years. In 1989, she was diagnosed with cancer and was given six months to live, but she proved the doctors wrong and lived to see the birth of two granddaughters and a great-granddaughter. While her family always remained the focus of her life, she enjoyed traveling, attending live theatre and, of course, listening to classical music performances.<<BR>><<BR>> She is survived by her husband, Andrew Snyder; sons Kenneth, Bryan, and Clifford Bell; grandchildren, Lindsay, Christina and Andrea Bell, and Izabel Morgan-Bell; and a great-granddaughter, Keira Bell.<<BR>><<BR>>A memorial services were held to honor her life on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 11:00 am at the [[http://chucc.org | Cedar Hills United Church of Christ]], 11695 SW Park Way, Portland, Oregon 97225. || | ||{{attachment:DorisSnyder.png}}<<BR>><<BR>>'''November 13, 1929 – August 26, 2017'''<<BR>><<BR>>{{ attachment:Doris_Obit_fixed.jpg | | width=350 }}<<BR>><<BR>><<BR>><<BR>>DorisFriendsAndFamily<<BR>>where you can enter your personal memories.|| Doris Lynn Boone Snyder passed peacefully on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at her home of 49 years, as she had hoped to do. The family wishes to express deep gratitude to Melanie Naylor of [[http://www.visitingangels.com/portland/home | Visiting Angels]], Cristy Johnson and Susan Kelsay from [[https://www.homeinstead.com/352 | Home Instead ]], as well as other caregivers whose devotion made it possible for Doris to remain at home during the final years of her life.<<BR>><<BR>>She began that life in New Orleans as the daughter of John Lindsey Boone and Sarah Ella !McNiel Boone and spent a happy childhood in that lovely city. She graduated from Loyola University in 1949 with a bachelor’s degree in music, intending to become a professional cellist, and took up a position with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. It was there that she met her husband to be, Norman Russell Bell, who was conducting the orchestra. He was a nationally known conductor and composer and had worked with the Robert Shaw Chorale, the Fred Waring Workshop, had been the music director and production director for a television station in New Orleans, and choral director at Xavier University in New Orleans. They married and had their first son in 1950. Two more sons quickly followed and Doris had the family she hoped for. <<BR>><<BR>>In 1959, the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Norman continued to teach and conduct and where he became the artistic director of the Albuquerque Theatre Arts Center, which included a choral group, opera, and live theatre. Doris enthusiastically participated in his endeavors, including rehearsals, and costume design for the live productions. Norman passed away in 1981 and Doris married a family friend, Andrew Snyder, who had been serving as an intelligence officer attached to the US Defense Atomic Support Agency in Albuquerque and moved to Portland, Oregon. In Portland, Doris joined the St. Vincent Hospital Guild where she volunteered her time for 15 years. In 1989, she was diagnosed with cancer and was given six months to live, but she proved the doctors wrong and lived to see the birth of two granddaughters and a great-granddaughter. While her family always remained the focus of her life, she enjoyed traveling, attending live theatre and, of course, listening to classical music performances.<<BR>><<BR>> She is survived by her husband, Andrew Snyder; sons Kenneth, Bryan, and Clifford Bell; grandchildren, Lindsay, Christina and Andrea Bell, and Izabel Morgan-Bell; and a great-granddaughter, Keira Bell.<<BR>><<BR>>A memorial service was held to honor her life on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 11:00 am at the [[http://chucc.org | Cedar Hills United Church of Christ]], 11695 SW Park Way, Portland, Oregon 97225. || |
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Doris Lynn Boone Snyder passed peacefully on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at her home of 49 years, as she had hoped to do. The family wishes to express deep gratitude to Melanie Naylor of Visiting Angels, Cristy Johnson and Susan Kelsay from Home Instead, as well as other caregivers whose devotion made it possible for Doris to remain at home during the final years of her life. |
