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Cremation ceremony for “original Phuket expat’ Eric Snyder on Saturday

Legacy Phuket GazetteThursday, October 23, 2014Last Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2014

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Cremation ceremony for “original Phuket expat’ Eric Snyder on Saturday

PHUKET: Well-known long-term Phuket expat Eric Snyder, 70, who recently succumbed to skin cancer, is lying in state at Wat Chalong this week.

The cremation ceremony for Mr Snyder will be at noon on Saturday. Friends are invited to come pay their respects to one of the island’s “original expats”.

Mr Snyder arrived in Phuket in 1975 and remained in residence here for 39 years (story here).

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