Mary A. Snoddy, 91, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at her residence.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. at Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church in Atchison, Kansas. Interment will follow Leavenworth National Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Tuesday, April 4th from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the church. Final arrangements have been entrusted to the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Mary Anna was born February 24, 1926 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of James Givens and Florence Bratton. She attended Lincoln School and eventual received a GED at the ISD of Kansas and continuing on to receive her certification as a Certified Patient Care Assistant (CPCA). She was employed as a food service worker, worked in a laundry department, and as a domestic worker for various families within the Atchison, KS area. She had a compassion for the elderly and the disabled. She was a CPCA worker for the state of Kansas until she retired.

She was married to Arthur Lee Curry, divorced and later married Christopher Lee Snoddy. Chris precedes Mary Anna in death along with her mother, Florence Gillum and stepfather Warner Gillum, a daughter Joyce Ilene Snoddy and a son, Arthur Lee Curry Jr.

Mary Anna’s surviving children: 2 sons John (wife Amy) Snoddy (Minneapolis, MN), Boyd (wife Shawn) Snoddy (Atchison, KS) and 6 daughters Anna (husband Otha) Kelley (Atchison, KS), Brenda Walker (Houston, TX), Mary (husband Larry) Russell (Humble, TX), Toni (husband Willie) Green (Minneapolis, MN), Pamela (husband Earl) Gilchrist (Mpls, MN), Sheila Snoddy (Houston, TX)

Mary Anna surviving brothers, Lawrence (wife Joan) Gillum (Egan, MN) and Howard Gillum (St. Paul, MN). Also survived by 2 aunts and an uncle and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.