Jerome "Jerry" Snider, Managed Family-Run Supermarket, 80, Washington Post

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/28/AR2009022801928.html

JEROME 'JERRY' SNIDER, 80

Managed Family-Run Supermarket

Jerome "Jerry" Snider, 80, the longtime proprietor of the family-run
Snider's supermarket in Silver Spring, Maryland, died February 17, 2009, of
lung cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland.

Mr. Snider was a Washington DC native who grew up in the grocery business,
working in his father's store as a boy. He graduated from Roosevelt High
School, served in the Army and attended the University of Maryland but was
drawn back to his family's store, joining his father in business in the late
1940s.

In 1961, Mr. Snider and his brother, David, founded Snider's Super Foods at
its current location on Seminary Road, just up the block from their family's
previous store. Snider's became known for the quality of its meats, seafood,
handmade kosher hot dogs and locally produced eggs and milk.

Mr. Snider remained an outgoing and colorful presence at the store until
weeks before his death. His brother continues to operate the store.

Mr. Snider was a member of the Masons, the Woodmont Country Club, the
Progress Club of Rockville and Beth Sholom Congregation in Potomac. He
supported the Imagination Stage in Bethesda and many Jewish charities,
including the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, the Jewish Foundation of
Group Homes and Ohev Sholom, Washington's oldest Orthodox synagogue, also
known as the "National Synagogue."

In addition to his brother, of Potomac, Maryland, survivors include his wife
of 53 years, Elaine H. Snider of Bethesda; three children, Holly Kopit of
Chevy Chase, Maryland, Bruce Snider of Belfast, Maine, and Lauren Sachs of
Bethesda; and six grandchildren.

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Matt Schudel