Frederic J. Snyder Jr. ’38

Fred Snyder never married and had no children, so that the news of his death on Nov. 29, 1996, was delayed in reaching us until recently. He was 81.

Fred prepared for Princeton at St. Benedict's Prep and Pingry. In college he roomed with Dick Pasley and Johnny Hoagland. He was a member of Cannon Club and active in 150-lb. football and interclub sports.

During the years 1941-45 Fred earned his Combat Infantry Badge and wound up a captain with five battle stars on his ETO ribbon. Like his father before him, Fred was president and principal owner of Fiske Brothers Refining Co. in Newark, N.J., a specialty manufacturer of marine and industrial lubricants. Fred was dedicated to his business and to his church but above all to his family, taking personal care of his father, his mother, and his sister Mary during their successive illnesses. Fred lived in Spring Lake and Deal, N.J., with his mother and two sisters. Despite ill health in later years, he continued running Fiske Brothers until the time of his death.

He is survived by his sister Margaret and his brother, Fr. Edward, to whom the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1938