Death: Dorothea Hindley Holbrook Snarr

Published: Wednesday, April 2 1997 12:00 a.m. MST

On March 31, 1997 Dorothea Hindley Holbrook Snarr, our beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend, was called home after a lifelong battle with lung disease.

She was born March 1, 1921 in Lehi, Utah to Bertha Shaw and Harold C. Hindley. She married her high school sweetheart, David Junior Holbrook, on November 27, 1939 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She raised her family and lived in Bountiful for most of the last 60 years. "Dot" was a woman pioneer in the real estate business and later in insurance sales.David died November 6, 1963 and left Dorothea to finish rearing their children, which she did with love and dedication. On December 31, 1972 she married Marvin B. Snarr. They shared many happy years together until his death in September 1996.

Dorothea was always active in the LDS Church, which she held dear. Work at the extraction center was important to her. She also enjoyed crocheting, needlepoint, ceramics, travel and most of all, her children and grandchildren. Her family loved and revered her for her determination and grit.

She is survived by her three children, David B. (Angela) Holbrook, North Salt Lake; Kathleen H. (John) Wraspir, Boise, Idaho; and Gordon L. (Lynda) Holbrook, Bountiful; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters, Freda Raub, Edith Anderberg, Maxine Holbrook, Elizabeth Reisbeck, Marion Watts; and brother, Dixon Hindley.

Services will be held Friday, April 4, 1997 at 12 noon at the Bountiful Tabernacle, 51 South Main Street. Friends may call at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main, from 6-8 p.m. Thursday evening, April 3, 1997 and on Friday morning from 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Burial will be in the Bountiful City Cemetery.

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