Kenneth Snakenberg
		      April 22, 1914 - January 16, 2005
				 Webster, IA

Funeral Service: 1:00 PM January 19, 2005 at Powell Funeral Home, North English, IA

Kenneth Snakenberg, age 90 of Webster, died of environmental exposure near his
home on Sunday, January 16, 2005. Funeral services will be held at the Powell
Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North English at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday,
January 19, 2005. Pastor Don Ridenour will officiate. Burial will be in the
Sorden Cemetery near Webster. Visitation will be at the Powell Funeral Home
and Cremation Service in North English from 2 PM to 8 PM on Tuesday, January
18th. He is survived by his wife Ruth of Webster; a son Lyle Gene Snakenberg
and wife Marietta of Sigourney; 2 grandchildren: Mary Jean Goeldner and
husband Dale of Chandler, AZ and Bradley Snakenberg and his wife Stacey of
Olathe, KS; 5 great grandchildren: Justin, Sean and Katie Goeldner and Hannah
and Alxis Snakenberg. Kenneth was preceded in death by his parents. A memorial
fund has been established for the Webster United Methodist Church and the
South English QRS. Messages and tributes may be left at
www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries. Kenneth Snakenberg was born on
April 22, 1914, near Webster, IA, the son of Byron and Blanche Morgan
Snakenberg. He graduated from Webster High School. Kenneth was united in
marriage to Ruth I. Axmear on January 24, 1935, in Sigourney, IA. They farmed
many years near North English and Webster before moving to Webster. Kenneth
was a former board member of the English Valleys Cooperative Creamery, the
Webster School Board, the Webster Telephone Board, the Keokuk County Health
Board and in later years worked with the Keokuk County ASCS.

From www.powellfuneralhomes.com

	Elderly farmer dies after venturing out into the cold

Monday, January 17, 2005
by Stella Shaffer

An elderly retired farmer fell victim to the cold this weekend in
east-central Iowa. Keokuk County sheriff Ron George says his
department got a call early Sunday morning that Kenneth Snakenberg was
missing from his home in the town of Webster. Dispatchers got the call
Sunday around 7-20 A.M. Sheriff George says he knew the old man
personally, and family members told him he'd been discovered missing
from his home so deputies scoured the small town, knowing Snakenberg
suffered from Parkinsons Disease. The man was reportedly dressed only
in pajamas and stockings. The sheriff says he might have been missing
five hours, since his absence was first discovered around 5:30 but
they don't know for sure what time he'd left his house. When they
finally found the man he was three-quarters of a mile from his house,
quite a ways in the town of barely 100 people. Sheriff George says by
the time deputies located the 90-year-old man he'd frozen to
death. The man's son says sold age and early Alzheimer's may have been
factors in his leaving the house.

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