Ralph Short Snell (Sr.) is the son of Bessie Blanche Finn and Gordon Willmont A. G. Snell. He was born 28 Apr 1913 in Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri and died 30 Nov 1995 at age 82 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri. He was buried 3 Dec 1995 at Dripping Spring Cemetery, Columbia, Boone, Missouri.

On 3 or 6 Oct 1934, he married Clara Lorene Stone. She is the daughter of Griffith Stone and Ida Lewis. She was born 14 Mar 1917 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri. She died 25 Nov 1995 at age 78 in Cooper County, Missouri from injuries sustained in the same automobile accident that resulted in her husband's death five days later. She was buried 28 Nov 1995 at Dripping Spring Cemetery, Columbia, Boone, Missouri.

Children of Ralph Short Snell (Sr.) and Clara Lorene Stone:

1. Glenda Kay Snell was born in 1937 in Missouri.
2. Phyllis Ann Snell was born in 1940 in Kansas.
3. Lorene Lee Snell was born in 1946 in Kansas.
4. Ralph Short Snell (Jr.) was born in 1949 in Kansas.

Sources

Ralph, Sr.: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 510-05-0869). More information can be had in his obituary from the Kansas City Star of 2 Dec 1995.

Clara: Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 510-05-3270) as corroborated and complemented by her obituary from the Kansas City Star of 28 Nov 1995.