Our Team

Robert Snyder

Licensed Funeral Director

Born and raised in the Sandy Lake,  Robert graduated from the Lakeview High School in 1978, attended Shippensburg University and the Penn State Fayette campus and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.  Following an internship with the Gordon B. Garrett Funeral Home, Titusville, Robert returned to Mercer County purchasing the funeral home in Sheakleyville in 1985,  in 1993 Robert was able to acquire the Donald E. Bleakney Funeral Home in Fredonia which is now operated as a branch office of the Robert L. Snyder Funeral Home and Creamtory, Inc. Sheakleyville.  Robert is married to the former Debra E. Alexander.

Robert had a rewarding career as a full time Police Officer in Vernon Twp., Crawford County retiring in 2002 after having attained the rank of Sergeant.   Building upon his years in law enforcement Robert continue to service the public with the  Mercer County Coroner's Office as the  Mercer County Chief Deputy Coroner.  Robert is Board Certified as a Registered Diplomate  with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABDMI).

Robert is  a member of Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT)  Region III which is a federal forensic response team which responds to mass fatality incidents or cemetery related incidents and is tasked with the identification and repatriation of those who have perished.  Robert was deployed in 2001 to assist with the identification of those who perished in the Sept. 11 attacks,  In 2005 Robert served two deployments to Louisiana to assist in the identification of those who perished in Hurricane Katrina and again was deployed in February 2009 to Buffalo, New York to help in the identification of those who perished aboard Continental Flight 3407.

David Snyder

Licensed Funeral Director

David is a graduate of the Commodore Perry High School following which he attended and graduated from Triangle Tech, Erie with a degree in Maintenance Electricity.   In January 2012, David was matriculated into class 146 of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and graduated in September, 2013 with an ASB degree in Funeral Service.  In addition to David’s daily responsibilities as a funeral director, he also assumes the day to day operations of the funeral home’s onsite crematory.

In September 2015, David married the former Alexia DeAngelo and together they have a daughter, Lydia and twin sons, Jared and Zachary. 

In 2019 David enlisted into the Coast Guard Reserves and is attached to Sector Buffalo in Buffalo, NY where he serves as a Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist.

We are pleased to have David join the family business as the second generation funeral director as he continues the tradition of providing care and comfort to our communities.