Mary Louise Snyczow, 94

November 6, 1928 - March 14, 2023

Mary Louise Snyczow, 94, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2023, in the home of her oldest son, William G. Haughery.

Mary Louise was born in Greensburg, PA on November 6, 1928, the oldest of five children. She attended high school at Seton Hill, Greensburg, PA, graduating in 1946. In lieu of college, she worked in a local glass company as a secretary to achieve her lifelong goal of becoming a wife and a mother. In 1954 she married her husband, William M. “Bill” Haughery, Jr. and together they had five children. Through 33 years of marriage they traveled from Pittsburgh, PA to Chicago, IL, Alexandria, VA, Miami, FL, Okinawa, Japan, Seoul, Korea and finally to Sterling Park, VA, where Bill died on June 3, 1987. In 1990 she married Nikolaj Snyczow and moved to Maytown, PA. She and Nick were married for 29 years until he passed on October 4, 2019. She lived at Paramount Senior Living facility for four years before moving into her eldest son’s home prior to her death.

Mary Louise was a devoted mother and an independent thinker. To those who knew her, she was humble, authentic, and honest in her relationships. She was a woman of faith who loved her children, volunteering in her community, and found time for hobbies like gardening, reading, and the daily crossword puzzle.

Mary Louise was preceded in death by her parents, Theodore Rudiselle, Sr., and Helen (Hall) Rudiselle, her three siblings, Theodore Rudiselle (Ted), Anne Rudiselle, and Robert Rudiselle (Bob), her husbands, William M. Haughery, Jr. and Nikolaj Snyczow, a grandson, David Wesley Folta, and one great granddaughter, Alivia Rachel Haughery,

She is survived by her five children, William G. Haughery (Cynthia), Anne Bowden (Craig), Marcy Folta (John), Timothy G. Haughery, and Howard T. Haughery, her brother, William Maurice Rudiselle, sisters-in-law, Suzanne, and Carol, 12 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Ave. Lancaster, PA 17601. A visitation will be held from 10 AM until the time of Mass. Burial will be at Quantico National Cemetery in Triangle, Virginia on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 1 PM.