The Wahkiakum County Eagle-March 12, 2009 Ora I. Snyder Ora Isabel Coates Snyder, 101, passed away March 5, 2009 at her home, in Longview. She was born on December 8, 1907 in Klamath Falls, Ore. to Silas Roy & Mattie B. (Evans) Wright. Ora came to Cathlamet from Edmonds, WA in 1924 and she graduated from Wahkiakum High School in 1926. She worked at the family business, Cathlamet Market and Wahkiakum Refrigeration for many years. She was an 85 year member of United Church of Christ and a lifetime member of Maple Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star. She was a person who loved horseback riding, shopping and especially, time spent with her family. She was a gentle, classy lady. Special thanks are extended to the Canterbury Inn, for their loving care of Ora. She is survived by son, Donald Coates and wife, Susie of Anchorage, AK; step-sons, Bob Snyder of Aberdeen, WA and Dick Snyder of Louisiana; daughters, Shirley Hendrickson of Welches, Ore, and Ora Loraine Bauer and husband, Ray of Puget Island; a sister, Roberta Myers of Condon, Ore.; 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and eight great-great- grandchildren, one niece and one nephew. She is preceded by her first husband, Melvin Coates (1965), & second husband, M. C. Snyder (1989); brother, Ernest Wright (1932); son-in- law, Al Hendrickson (2007), son-in-law, Glenn Bjorge (1986); grandson, Kirk Bjorge (2001) and great-grandson, Joby Bjorge (1989). Viewing is at Dowling Funeral Home in Cathlamet, on March 12, (today) 9 a.m.– noon. A funeral service will be held today (March 12) at 2 PM at United Church of Christ in Cathlamet. Committal and entombment at Greenwood Cemetery in Cathlamet. Donations in her memory may be made to UCC Church Memorial Fund PO Box 369, Cathlamet, WA 98612. Dowling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ora Isabel (Wright) Coates Snyder Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, WA 8 December 1907-5 March 2009 (As compiled by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society in 2009.)