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IN MEMORIAM: George B. Snell, 92;

Lawyer On NYSHA, Land Trust Boards

George B. Snell
George B. Snell

HYDE BAY – George Birge Snell of Haworth, N.J., and Hyde Bay, a World War II veteran and retired lawyer, died on March 16, 2016, at home in Haworth.

Born in Herkimer in 1923, he was the fifth child of Katharine Kinne and Cornelius Harry Snell. He served in General Patton’s Army in North Africa and Europe during World War II.

After graduating from Yale, Class of 1945, and from New York University Law School in 1952, he practiced trusts and estates law at Turk, Marsh, Kelly & Hoare; Bryan Cave; and McLaughlin & Stern.

He advised and served on the boards of the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, the Freeman Foundation, the New York State Historical Association, the Otsego Land Trust, and the Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Reunion, among other community organizations.  He was also instrumental in preserving the scenic northern end of Otsego Lake.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Sigrid Leube Snell; and by two children, Andrea Snell of Ridgewood, N.J., and Dietrich Snell of Manhattan; and grandchildren, Julia Workman, Marcus Workman, Jack Snell, and Alixandra Snell. He is also survived by his sisters Cornelia Bensley of Danville, Calif.; Katharine Sigety of Pipersville, Pa.; and Mary Martin of Stouffville, Ont., Canada.

He was predeceased by his brother Harry Snell and sister Julia Snell Wood.

Services will be private.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Otsego Land Trust or the Herkimer County Historical Society.

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