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Elaine Snyders

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Elaine Garnet Snyders, 81, formerly of Luverne, died peacefully under hospice care Thursday, May 26, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society – Prairie Creek in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. A committal service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 3, at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Elaine Cragoe was born on Jan. 7, 1941, to Charles and Garnet (Hetrick) Cragoe in Luverne and raised on the family farm northwest of Magnolia. She attended Magnolia High School, graduating in 1959. She then attended beauty school in Minneapolis. She traveled to California and worked in a beauty shop for her aunt.
Elaine was married Dec. 29, 1961, to Gary Mark at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. The couple was blessed with two sons. Elaine and Gary later divorced.
On Aug. 14, 1976, Elaine married Dennis Snyders in Larchwood, Iowa. They raised their family of now five children in Luverne. Elaine was employed by the Luverne School District for a number of years and worked as a library assistant. She later worked at the Sanford Luverne Hospital in the kitchen.
In 2017 she moved to the Oaks Apartments in Luverne. A short time later she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and transitioned to the Good Samaritan Society – Prairie Creek in Sioux Falls.
Elaine attended St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. She was a devoted Elvis Presley fan and even traveled to Graceland. She loved her dog, Bella, and enjoyed spending time with friends while camping at Lake Shetek.
Elaine is survived by her two sons, Duane (Phyllis) Mark of California and Scott (Michelle) Mark of Luverne; stepchildren Bradley (Michele) Snyders of Sioux Falls, Brenda (Tim) Welbig of Sioux Falls, and Bridget (Ken) Rist of Brandon, South Dakota; daughter Rhonda (Howard) Farrell of Florissant, Colorado; siblings Eugene (Colleen) Cragoe of Luverne and John (Patsy) Cragoe of Luverne; sister-in-law Doris Cragoe of Hastings; and other family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dennis Snyders; and a brother, Charles Cragoe.
Arrangements are provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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