Mildred Snow

Mildred Alice Snow was born on Easter Sunday, March 28, 1937. She died of natural causes at her home in Webster, Wisconsin on June 13, 2010. During her lifetime Millie (no one but her mother was allowed to call her Mildred) was many things to many people. First and foremost she was a mother, not only to her own children but to any and all who needed mothering. She was everything that a mother should be, loving, giving, courageous, truthful, forgiving, compassionate, supportive, and filled with a remarkable zest for life and a fine sense of humor. Her life, however, was not an easy one. She did not have more than a handful of days that were free physical pain, and yet those who knew her best never heard her complain or pity herself. She never let her physical challenges stop her from experiencing life in its fullness. As a young child during the depression she worked hard to help support her family, shining shoes with a little box she made herself, mowing lawns, shoveling snow and everything else she could think of to help. She attended the University of Minnesota as a history and philosophy major where she also lettered in track and field, dance and swimming. After college she moved to San Francisco, California. There she worked for Del Monte Foods and Macys, writing the profit and loss statement that was later adopted by the entire company. Throughout her adult life she took advantage of every good opportunity that presented itself. She trained for the Olympic trials in javelin and shot put. She raced stock cars, never coming in less than second. She logged over 200 parachute jumps. She flew fixed wing planes and took helicopter flying lessons. She sailed boats, raised a zoo full of animals, sold free lance articles and photos, sang the lead in several musicals, chaperoned a good will musical tour in Europe, started and sold several successful businesses. In 1982 she founded the International Communication Learning Institute which has helped hundreds of thousands of children learn to read and write and will continue on in perpetuity due to her wisdom and foresight. Everywhere she went she loved the people she met and was as free with her time and money as she was with her love. Her unusual ability to love comes from her own love for Jesus Christ, which is the core of her very being. Millie was preceded in death by her mother Cora Mattice White, her biological father Allen Sinclair Clatworthy, her eternal father Maurice White, her older sister Patricia Dale Llon. Survived by her older brother Howard Dale, her son Bryan (Sandi) Snow and their children Rebecca, Nathaniel, Daniel, Kimberly, and Sarah; her daughter Anne DeArden and her children Hal, CJ, Ephia, and Chris; her daughter Marcel Snow and her children Jenifer, Kristina, and Josh; her daughter Linda (Chuck) Snow Wilhelmi and their children Elizabeth and Lauren; her daughter Monique Snow; her daughter Elizabeth (Scott) Snow Newgard and their children David Keith, Hailey Mil, Caitlin and Chase; 17 great grandchildren and many, many friends who were as dear to her as her own family. She will be greatly missed and profoundly appreciated by all those whose lives she touched. Services were held Saturday, June 19, 2010 at Askov Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with Paul Paulsen presiding. Interment followed at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bryan Snow, Nathaniel Snow, Daniel Snow, Hal Snow, CJ Snow, and Christian Golightly. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.