Virginia N. Snyder Long, 51, of Delphi, died at 4:55 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, at Home Hospital in Lafayette. She had been a patient there since last Sunday and had battled cancer for the past 15 months.

Born Jan. 30, 1958, in Wichita, Kan., she was the daughter of Willis and Patricia Tucker Snyder, who survive and reside in Delphi.

Mrs. Long was a 1976 graduate of Delphi Community High School.

She attended the Delphi United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Long worked at Wabash Valley Hospital in Delphi in administration and building services for 12 years. She also had done private housekeeping for several area families for over 30 years.

She loved attending her grandchildren’s sporting activities.

Also surviving are two daughters, Danielle Kelly (husband: Andy) of Camden and Mandy Werner (husband: Jimmy) of Delphi; two sisters, Cheryl Thyer (husband: Robert) of Middleburg, Fla., and Elizabeth Little (husband: Vernon) of Monticello; two brothers, Kenneth Snyder (wife: Jane) of Cannelton and Jon Snyder (wife: Carina) of Zionsville; and four grandchildren, Candice and Alexis Kelly and Britany and Hunter Werner.

Services were held Tuesday at Abbott Funeral Home in Delphi. The Rev. Todd Ladd officiated. Burial followed at I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens in Pittsburg.

Memorials may be made to the Carroll County Cancer Association.

Online condolences can be sent to abbottfuneralhome@ verizon.net.