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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

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Lloyd Dee Snarr was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 25, 1944 to Lloyd R. Snarr and Lenora Taylor. Lloyd Gree up in Salt Lake City and Holladay, Utah, attending Olympus High School and the University of Utah. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Southwest Indian Mission on the Navajo Reservation. He later married Mary Owen and had five children. They later divorced and Lloyd married Ruth Geisler. Lloyd worked his whole life in the construction business, working in the western United States and Hawaii. Lloyd passed away November 30, 2020 in St George.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Extent

18 folders

1 object

Language of Materials

English