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Juwanna "Jo" Minwaa Snyder Fortney, 86, a resident of Mill Creek, passed from this life Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center.
Jo was born Wednesday, April 28, 1937, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Philson Burton Snyder and Helen May Gibson Snyder and raised by her aunt Hallie and uncle Orval Hogue.
Left to cherish her memory are one son, Douglas Fortney; four grandchildren, Nicolas Fortney, Mary Beth Welcome-Fortney, Sindy and Sarah Fortney; seven great-grandchildren, David Watson, Lashod Jones, Ava, Suzanna and Isabel Fortney, Jacob Willis and Mariah Fortney; siblings, Frelon "Butch" Facemire and wife, Judy, of Murphy, North Carolina, Helen Kathy Butcher and husband, Donald; close cousins, Charlie New, Nichole Shockey and companion, Bull Webb and Carolyn Shockey; close friends, Nora and Bobby Lambert, Betty Pritt and Janice Mcgee Wamsley; former daughter-in-law, Sherry Fitzsimmons- Mohler; care giver, Melissa Daniels, Dr. Matthew Cupp, all the staff at ERCC including, Janet, Drew, Mary, Diana, Nick, Ashley, Katlyn and Michelle.
Preceding her in death were two children, David Fortney and Inetta Sue Fortney Dodson; son-in-law, Stephen Dodson; grandson, Chad Fortney; paternal grandparents, Gussie Minwaa Shreve Snyder and William Fredrick Snyder; maternal grandparents, Delphia Lenora Wiant Gibson and Emerson Gibson; and the father of her children, Alvie Ray Fortney.
Jo attended the schools of Randolph County and later obtained her GED. She was a wonderful artist and owned and operated a stained glass business in St. Albans. She had also been employed at Mylan Pharmaceuticals in Morgantown, West Virginia, and Union Carbide in South Charleston, West Virginia. Her hobbies included birdwatching, painting and drawing. For the last several years, genealogy was Jo's passion.
Jo's request for cremation was honored. A memorial service is being planned.
The Randolph Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of the arrangements for Juwanna Minwaa Snyder Fortney.
Send online condolences to the family at www.therandolphfuneralhome.com.