Janet Sue (Peale) Snyder

Janet Sue (Peale) Snyder, 81, of Kingwood, WV, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at The Country Retreat in Albright. She was born on April 4, 1944, in Racine, WV, daughter of the late Willard Everett Peale and Nellie Irene (Barker) Peale.

Sue earned her Bachelors of Arts degree from WVU in 1966 and later earned her Masters of Education degree. For over forty-five years, Sue taught in Preston County Schools. Her hobbies included planning the sixth-grade trip to Washington D.C., Bible study, teaching Sunday school, playing piano, singing, hosting themed dinner parties and foreign exchange students. She was an avid mountaineer fan and season ticket holder. Sue held her own when keeping up a sports conversation with her husband Earl.

Sue was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Knights of Pythians, Delta Kappa Gamma and volunteered at the Buckwheat Festival Ticket Information Booth.

Sue is survived by her cousins back home in Racine, her God-children and their families and many beloved special friends in her community.

In addition to her parents, Sue was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Earl Johnson Snyder; and her cats, Sherman, Sissy, Rebekah, Al (Alex), Oliver, Midnight and Hannibal.

Friends and family will be received at the Kingwood Funeral Home, 295 S. Price St., Kingwood, WV, from 1pm until the 3pm funeral hour, on Sunday, October 26, 2025, with Pastor Michael Ludle officiating. Interment will follow at the Maplewood Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to the Snyder family at www.kingwoodfuneralhomewv.com. Kingwood Funeral Home is honored to serve the Snyder family.

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