Esther Snyder

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Esther Snyder
Born
Esther Lavelle Johnson

(1920-01-07)January 7, 1920
Sorento, Illinois
DiedAugust 4, 2006(2006-08-04) (aged 86)
Baldwin Park, California
NationalityAmerican
Known forCo-founding In-N-Out Burger
Spouse(s)Harry Snyder
ChildrenHarry Snyder
Richard Snyder

Esther Lavelle Snyder (née Johnson) (January 7, 1920 – August 4, 2006) was an American businesswoman. She co-founded In-N-Out Burger, with her husband Harry Snyder, in 1948.

Early life[]

Snyder was born and raised in Sorento, Illinois, as one of eight children (seven daughters, one son). She attended Greenville College and graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a bachelor's degree in zoology.[1]

Marriage and family[]

She met Harry Snyder in 1947, while working at a restaurant in Seattle; the two were married the following year and moved to Baldwin Park, California.[2]

Esther and Harry Snyder had two sons: Harry Guy (more commonly referred to as simply "Guy"; born 1951) and Richard Snyder (born 1952) and one granddaughter from their first son Guy: Lynsi (born 1982). Esther outlived her husband, who died in 1976 and both of their sons, one of whom died in a plane crash and the other of a drug overdose.

Death[]

Snyder died on August 4, 2006, in Baldwin Park, California, aged 86, from undisclosed causes. Her only grandchild, Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, is now the heiress to the In-N-Out Burger company.[3][4]

Esther Snyder Community Center[]

Since In-N-Out Burger was started in the city of Baldwin Park, the city named its community center after Esther Snyder.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "In Loving Memory of Esther Snyder". innout.com. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "Esther Snyder, 86; Began In-N-Out Burger". The New York Times. August 13, 2006. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "In-N-Out matriarch Snyder dies at age 86". 2006-08-06. Archived from the original on 2006-08-07.
  4. ^ "Esther Snyder, In-N-Out Burger Founder, Dies at 86". The New York Times. August 13, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-01. Esther L. Snyder, who with her husband founded the popular West Coast restaurant chain In-N-Out Burger, died August 4. She was 86. The family declined to release further details, including the cause of death, said Bob Emmers of Sitrick & Company, which handles public relations for the chain. Esther and Harry Snyder opened the first In-N-Out drive-through stand in Baldwin Park, Calif., in 1948. In-N-Out now has 202 restaurants in Arizona, California and Nevada.
  5. ^ "City of Baldwin Park - Esther Snyder Community Center". Retrieved 2009-08-18.

Further reading[]

  • Perman, Stacy (2009). In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-134671-2.
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