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 Charles
F. "Chip" Snyder, Jr.
is a native of Lancaster, PA. Chip graduated from Lancaster
Catholic High School in 1970, and from Northland College
in 1974 with a B.S. in Business Administration. Immediately
after graduating from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary
Science in 1975 Chip began working in the family business.
He became the owner of the Charles F. Snyder Funeral
Home, Inc. in 1988, and since then expanded in 1989
by purchasing the former Richard Bair/Jay Barry Funeral
Home in Millersville, and in February of 2000 by opening
the newest facility on the Lititz Pike. Chip is also
a partner in the Heritage Estate Group Monument Company
in Lancaster County.
Chip
is a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church and attends
the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation with his wife,
Doreen.
His memberships include the National Funeral Directors Association,
Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, Lancaster County
Funeral Directors Association (past president), Knights of
Columbus Council #867, 4th Degree Knights of Columbus Santa
Maria Assembly, Ahepa Red Rose Chapter 71, Lancaster Sertoma
Club, Lancaster Leiderkranz, BPOE #134, Travelers Protective
Association, Bent Creek Country Club, and the Hamilton Club.
Chip is currently on the Board of Directors of SHARE of Lancaster,
National Council of Community Justice, and Woodward Hills
Cemetery.
His
hobbies include golf, fishing, skiing and gardening. He enjoys
watching all sports, and formerly played ice hockey, coached
the Lancaster Firebirds Travel Team, and coached soccer for
St. Anne's School.
Chip
and his wife, Doreen, reside in Manheim Township.
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 Doreen V. Snyder
is also a native of Lancaster, PA. Doreen graduated from Penn
Manor High School and attended Millersville University. She is
a graduate of the Dental Assistant program at Willow Street Vo
Tech. Doreen has become very involved at the Charles F. Snyder
Funeral Homes, after raising their two children Chad, and
Christina while living above the King Street funeral home for
nine and a half years. Doreen has completed the GriefShare
facilitator program, and currently co-facilitates the
GriefShare program at the funeral home as an aftercare support
group offered to the families we serve as well as others in
our community. Doreen is very involved in the community with
Milagro House and the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. |
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 Charles F. “Chad” Snyder III
is a proud native of Lancaster County and is the Third
Generation in the family business. Chad grew up in the funeral
home for the majority of his youth years and has worked for
the family business with his father since becoming a young
adult. Chad attended Lancaster Catholic High School for his
first two years of high school. He played Varsity golf, ice
hockey, and tennis while attending Lancaster Catholic. Then
after sophomore year he moved to New England to attend South
Kent Preparatory School, South Kent, CT where he continued to
play Varsity ice hockey and soccer. He graduated from South
Kent School in 2000. Chad graduated college from Lynn
University, Boca Raton, FL earning his Bachelor degree in
Business Administration/Management in 2004. He completed
Mortuary School from Northampton, Bethlehem, PA in 2006. He is
currently serving his internship at Charles F. Snyder Funeral
Home, Inc.
Chad is a
member of the Hamilton Club of Lancaster. He attends St. John
Neumann Catholic Church and also The Annunciation Greek
Orthodox Church. He is proud to carry on both his father’s
religious background as well as his Mother’s Greek Heritage.
Chad is an avid golfer and skier. He loves the beach and any
outdoor activity.
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 Mark
D. Burkholder,
a native of Wyomissing, Berks County, graduated in 1989 from
Bloomsburg University, and in 1990 from the Funeral Service
Education Program at Northampton Community College. Mark joined
the staff of the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Homes in 1989, becoming
a licensed funeral director in 1990. He was named general manager
in 1995, and served in the capacity of Supervisor of the Millersville
facility from 1995 until 2002. Mark is a member of St. Peter's
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neffsville, where he serves
as a lector and usher and on church council. A 32nd Degree
Mason, he is a member of the Charles M. Howell Lodge 496 of
Millersville, the Lancaster Lodge of Perfection, and the
Harrisburg Consistory. Mark is currently an assistant varsity
boys lacrosse coach at Manheim Township High School, and had
previously served as in that same position from at Hempfield
High School from 1998 to 2004. He also plays ice hockey
in local adult leagues. He is an avid military history buff, and
collector of World War II memorabilia, participating in WWII
living history presentations for local events and schools. Mark
and his wife, Melanie, a Lititz native, reside in Manheim
Township with their two children, Hilary and Mitchell. |
 Susan
A. Sensenich
was born and raised in the Philadelphia area, and graduated
from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in 1963. She received her
Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Elizabethtown
College in 1967, after which she taught first grade in the Penn
Manor School District. She received her Master's degree in Education
in the field of Psychology of Reading in 1972 from Temple University.
She was the director and teacher at Apostles Community Preschool
for 13 years before beginning her career with the Charles F.
Snyder Funeral Home, Inc. In 1989 Susan started part-time helping
with services and setting up appointments for the funeral directors
in the Pre-need Program at the funeral home. She attended and
graduated from Northampton Community College in 1991 with a
certificate in Funeral Service Education. She served her internship
at the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc. and became a licensed
funeral director in September of 1992. In 2000 Susan was named
supervisor at our newest facility, Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral
Home and Chapel Inc. located in Manheim Township. She serves
on the board of Lancaster County Funeral Director's Association. She is
also a member
of Church of the Apostles, lifetime member and former
treasurer of Homestead Village Auxiliary, and lifetime member of the Elizabethtown College Auxiliary, and
former member of Apostles Preschool Board (1999-2001). Susan
enjoys reading and spending time in her vacation home in Ocean
City, New Jersey. She and her husband, Gary, live in Manheim
Township, and are the parents of two grown children, Steven
and Jennifer, and have two granddaughters, Kayla and Stephanie. |
 Jacqueline
H. Adamson
is a 1997 graduate
of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, and has been
with the Charles F. Snyder Funeral home team since 1997. In
2002, Jackie became a Board Member of the Lancaster County
Funeral Director's Association, and in 2004 became the President
of the Association. She has previously received the Multiple
Sclerosis Society Leadership Award. Currently, she is also the
funeral home's pre-planning funeral director. A Lititz Boro
resident, Jackie enjoys spending time with her family which
includes her husband, Ed; son, Jacob; and two bernese mountain
dogs, Sam and Max. She also plays softball in the Lancaster
County Recreation Commission Co-Ed Softball League and the
Manheim Township Women's Modified League. Originally from
Western Pa, she is a huge Pittsburgh spots fan. Since moving to
Lancaster County in 1997, Jackie has enjoyed everything the area
has to offer. |
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 Kelly G. Townsend
is a graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School and the Funeral
Service Education Program at Northampton Community College where
she earned their "funeral service student of the year" award.
Kelly began working in the offices of the Charles F Snyder
Funeral Home in 2001. She served her internship with the Charles
F. Snyder Funeral Home, and received her Funeral Director's
license in July of 2006.Kelly is a member of St. Anne's Catholic
Church where she is a Eucharistic Minister and a committee
member on the St. Vincent de Paul Society. She lives in
Lancaster with her husband, Justin, daughter, Emma Paige, and their dogs, Trixie and
Tallie.
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 Andrew "Andy" Dieck
was born in Lewisburg, PA, and lived most of his life
in Lancaster County. He graduated from Hempfield High School in
2002 where he excelled in soccer. He continued to play soccer
collegiately while attending Widener University for two years.
He graduated from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and
Point park University, Pittsburgh, with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Professional Studies in Funeral Services. Andrew is a
member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Columbia. His hobbies
include golf and watching college and professional sports.
Andrew resides in Manor Township. |
 Matthew
H. Burg
was born and raised in Red
Lion, York County, and is proud to be a fourth generation Funeral
Director. He's a 1985 graduate of the Community College of
Baltimore at Catonsville in Maryland with a degree in Mortuary
Science. He joined the staff of the Charles F. Snyder Funeral
Homes in 2007. Matthew attends Calvary Church, in Lancaster.
When time allows, Matthew's hobbies are playing paintball,
wrestling (he's a former Mid-Atlantic Junior Olympic Champion
and Eastern National Champion), hunting, fishing and
mountain-biking. He is a member of the Red Lion No. 649 Free and
Accepted Masons. |
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 Mary
Ann Tragesser
was born in Philadelphia and has lived in Lancaster since 1977.
She has been an Aftercare Representative with the funeral home
since 2005. Prior to that, she worked at St. Leo the Great
Church as the Parish Secretary for twenty years, and as the
Pastoral Minister for two years. She continues to be an active
member of St. Leo's, and serves as a Lector and a Eucharistic
Minister to the sick. She has three married children and seven
grandchildren. In her free time she enjoys spending time with
her family, her dog "Angel", reading and traveling. |
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