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Snarr, Virginia Ruth Geisler, 1943-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943-

Biographical History

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr (1943-) worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 21 years in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ruth G. Snarr was born Virginia Ruth Geisler on July 31, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Joseph T. Geisler and Virginia Kimball. She married Wade Robinson, whom she later divorced, and then remarried in the Salt Lake City temple to Lloyd Dee Snarr. Ruth worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 21 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also served in various Relief Society presidencies. She enjoyed singing and also served on various community committees. She was raised in Salt Lake City, but she also lived in Newfoundland, Riverside, California, Hawaii and St. George, Utah.

Citation:
UPB case file, May 7, 2019 (Ruth G. Snarr was born Virginia Ruth Geisler on July 31, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Joseph T. Geisler and Virginia Kimball. She married Wade Robinson, whom she later divorced, and then remarried in the Salt Lake City temple to Lloyd Dee Snarr. Ruth worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 21 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also served in various Relief Society presidencies. She enjoyed singing and also served on various community committees. She was raised in Salt Lake City, but she also lived in Newfoundland, Riverside, California, Hawaii and St. George, Utah)

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr family history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9189
Scope and Contents Includes letters, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, and printed ephemera related to the Kimball and Geisler families and their histories, collected by Ruth G. Snarr. Letters include mission correspondence, family events, and career-related papers. The photographs and scrapbooks, which document the range of the collection (late 1800s to 2020), show portraits of family members, the places which they lived (Salt Lake City area) and important events, like marriage and funerals. The collection...
Dates: approximately 1865-2020

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Geisler family history, approximately 1888-1978

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials include personal histories of the Geisler family line, including materials such as letters written to Geisler family members, photographs of their family/home life, and brief biographies about their backgrounds. These materials were created by Julius Geisler, Maggie Geisler, Joseph Geisler, and their posterity, and collected by Ruth Snarr. Dated approximately 1888 to 1978.

Dates: approximately 1888-1978

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Kimball family history, approximately 1865-2001

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include personal histories of Heber Chase Kimball and his wife, Pearl Smith Kimball. These include letters written from both Heber and Pearl, photographs of their families and home, copies of scrapbooks, blessings, biographies written about their lives, and ephemera from various life events. Materials were created by Heber, Pearl, and their descendants. Also contains typescripts of letters produced by the Heber C. Kimball Foundation. Dated approximately 1865 to 2001.

Dates: approximately 1865-2001

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Lloyd Dee Snarr papers, 1944-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Material from the mission and life of Lloyd Dee Snarr, including family mementos, photographs and slides, autobiographies, family histories and certificates from school and church. Includes an LDS Primary bandelo. Materials dated 1944 to 2005.

Dates: 1944-2005

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Patricia Marian Geisler papers, 1947-2014

 Series — Carton 13: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197239125591]
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Family papers of Patricia Marian Geisler, including letters, photographs, ephemera, and other mementos from her career as a social worker and mission in the Southwest Indian mission. Materials dated 1947 to 2014.

Dates: 1947-2014

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr collection of Virginia Kimball Geisler papers, 1920s-2017

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Family papers of Virginia Kimball Geisler, including her testimony, letters, photographs, funeral papers, and ephemera. Dated 1920s to 2017.

Dates: 1920s-2017

Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr papers, 1978-2020

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9189 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials include the personal history of Virginia Ruth Geisler Snarr, mainly in the forms of a personal journal kept in day planners. The contents include her marriages and divorce, her familial struggles, her occupation as a Store House worker, and her many church assignments. Includes photographs and letters from her time living in different cities and mementos from her years in elementary school to high school. Dated approximately 1978 to 2020.

Dates: 1978-2020