Kutis Funeral Home Affton Obituaries
Monday, November 14, 2016Oct. 6. Police said the attacker was shot and wounded by another officer, and has been charged with first-degree murder.Visitation for Snyder will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Kutis Funeral Home Affton Chapel, 10151 Gravois Road in South County.The funeral will start at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, 17458 Chesterfield Airport Road in Chesterfield. Perry guessed it might last two hours.Julie Lueck, whose husband, Rick Weinhold, had been the most recent county officer killed in the line of duty, plans to attend. Her son, David, who was 8 when his father was shot to death in 2000 and is now a county officer, said he is emotionally torn about whether to attend.Lueck said she hopes to talk to Snyder’s widow later. “She will triumph,” Leuck said. “It’s not going to be easy, but she can make him proud.”The funeral procession to the grave in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, 2308 West Delmar Avenue in Godfrey, will cover about 50 miles and take well over an hour. Officials said firefighters have promised flags on overpasses.People who want to pay respects along the route are encouraged to seek safe spots to stand.Remembrance ceremonies included one Monday night in Alton, organized by Snyder’s classmates from the Alton High School class of 2001. Up to 1,000 people attended, in addition to Snyder’s wife, son, parents and brother. Organizers said about $6,000 was raised there.County police are keeping an updated online map of businesses holding fundraising events.
Monday, October 31, 2016TV screens for the public in an adjacent building and outside.The hearse carrying Snyder’s body to the church from Wednesday’s visitation at the Kutis Funeral Home Affton Chapel, at 10151 Gravois Road in South County, on Thursday morning will pass the police department’s Affton precinct station, where Snyder was assigned.After the funeral, the procession will go east on Edison Avenue to Baxter Road to Interstate 64 (Highway 40) east. Then it goes north on Interstate 270 to Highway 367, and northeast across the Lewis and Clark Bridges into Alton. It turns northwest on the Great River Road (Highway 100) to Clifton Terrace Road north to West Delmar Avenue (Highway 3), and finally east to the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery at 2308 West Delmar Avenue in GodfreyPolice said Edison Avenue between Long Road and Baxter Road in Chesterfield will be closed from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday. They “stron...
Monday, October 17, 2016TV screens for the public in an adjacent building and outside.The hearse carrying Snyder’s body to the church from Wednesday’s visitation at the Kutis Funeral Home Affton Chapel, at 10151 Gravois Road in South County, on Thursday morning will pass the police department’s Affton precinct station, where Snyder was assigned.After the funeral, the procession will go east on Edison Avenue to Baxter Road to Interstate 64 (Highway 40) east. Then it goes north on Interstate 270 to Highway 367, and northeast across the Lewis and Clark Bridges into Alton. It turns northwest on the Great River Road (Highway 100) to Clifton Terrace Road north to West Delmar Avenue (Highway 3), and finally east to the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery at 2308 West Delmar Avenue in GodfreyPolice said Edison Avenue between Long Road and Baxter Road in Chesterfield will be closed from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday. They “stron...
Monday, October 17, 2016TV screens for the public in an adjacent building and outside.The hearse carrying Snyder’s body to the church from Wednesday’s visitation at the Kutis Funeral Home Affton Chapel, at 10151 Gravois Road in South County, on Thursday morning will pass the police department’s Affton precinct station, where Snyder was assigned.After the funeral, the procession will go east on Edison Avenue to Baxter Road to Interstate 64 (Highway 40) east. Then it goes north on Interstate 270 to Highway 367, and northeast across the Lewis and Clark Bridges into Alton. It turns northwest on the Great River Road (Highway 100) to Clifton Terrace Road north to West Delmar Avenue (Highway 3), and finally east to the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery at 2308 West Delmar Avenue in GodfreyPolice said Edison Avenue between Long Road and Baxter Road in Chesterfield will be closed from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday. They “stron...
Monday, October 10, 2016Snyder are grappling with his death.“No one’s supposed to go like that,” Hasquin said. “It’s not supposed to end that way.”Visitation for Snyder will be Wednesday from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Kutis Funeral Home Affton Chapel, 10151 Gravois Road, south St. Louis County. The funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Family Church,17458 Chesterfield Airport Road, Chesterfield. Burial will be at the Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey.• Share your condolences online for Officer Blake Snyder...
