Frederick Snare Jr. (c. 1892–1942) was an engineer, corporate executive, military veteran, and civic leader whose life bridged international construction, wartime service, and public responsibility in Englewood, New Jersey. The son of Frederick Snare Sr., founder of the internationally known Frederick Snare Corporation, he grew up within a family deeply connected to large-scale engineering, infrastructure development, and public service.

Snare Jr. joined the Frederick Snare Corporation as a young man and rose to become its secretary-treasurer and a director, playing a key role in the management of a firm whose projects stretched across the United States, the Caribbean, and South America. While his father’s career was closely associated with Cuba and major New York infrastructure projects, Frederick Jr. represented the next generation of leadership within the company, helping guide its operations during a period shaped by economic uncertainty and global conflict.

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Snare Jr. distinguished himself through military service in World War I. Serving with the 27th Division, he was cited and decorated for bravery under intense shell fire, an experience that marked him as both a veteran and a war hero in later accounts. His service placed him among a generation of American engineers and professionals whose wartime experiences informed their postwar civic engagement.

After the war, Snare Jr. made his home in Englewood, residing at 90 Booth Avenue, where he became actively involved in local public life. He served as a member of the Englewood Board of Police Commissioners and later as president of the city’s Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund Commission, reflecting a strong commitment to municipal governance and public safety. He was also a director of the Citizens National Bank and Trust Company, further underscoring his standing within Englewood’s civic and financial institutions.

Snare Jr.’s personal life was closely connected to prominent national and international figures. He married Edith Rutledge Dulles, linking him to the influential Dulles family; their marriage placed him within a broader network of political, diplomatic, and social elites in early twentieth-century America. The couple had four children: Frederick Snare III, William Snare, Dorothy Warner, and Marjorie Reed. Following their divorce, Edith remained a beneficiary in Snare Jr.’s estate, a detail that later attracted public attention during probate proceedings.

Frederick Snare Jr. died in November 1942 at the age of fifty, following a heart ailment, at Englewood Hospital. His death occurred during World War II, a conflict in which his father’s firm was once again heavily engaged in war-related engineering work. He was survived by his widow, Helen R. Snare, his children, and extended family members in Englewood and beyond.

Although his life was cut short, Snare Jr.’s legacy reflects a blend of engineering leadership, military valor, and civic responsibility. In Englewood, he was remembered not simply as the son of a famous industrialist, but as a public servant and community figure whose career embodied the intertwined worlds of industry, war, and local governance in the first half of the twentieth century.

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