NELSON ANGELL SNOWDEN

Nelson Snowden

Nelson Angell Snowden, 83, of Vermont died at 7:38 a.m. Nov. 10, 2019, at the McDonough District Hospital Emergency Room.

He was born Feb. 4, 1936, in Eldorado Township, a son of Robert and Lillian Angell Snowden. He married Donna Dean on Aug. 20, 1960, in Littleton. She survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Michael of Macomb, Anthony (and Cathy) of Nolensville, Tenn., and Todd (and Cindy) of Havana; three brothers, Don of Industry, Howard of Quincy and Phil of Minneapolis; one sister, Mary Ann Bartlett of Quincy; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers, Lyle, Bob, Paul and Dick Snowden.

He graduated from Western Illinois University in 1959 with a bachelors degree in social studies. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He taught at VIT Unit District 2 until his retirement and then taught another 10 years part time at Spoon River Academy. He was a long-time football coach at VIT and a member of the Illinois Football Coaches Hall of Fame; the football field at VIT was named Nelson Snowden Field in 2015.

He also had his real estate license and worked part time at Purdum Bucher Gray. During the summers he spent 10 years as a company inspector for PAG and then 18 summers as a Pioneer contractor.

He served on the VIT School Board, the Vermont Village Trustees, the Vermont Fire Department Trustees and the Sheriff’s Merit Commission in Fulton County.

He was a member of Vermont Christian Church.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at his church. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in the Vermont Cemetery. Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to Vermont Christian Church and South Fulton Athletics.

Condolences may be sent to shawgomemorialhome.com.

Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 11/13/2019