Laura Michelle Snider, 34

Laura Michelle Snider was born Nov. 16, 1987, in Yakima, Wash., and died from complications related to childbirth Aug. 13, 2022, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

A celebration of Laura’s life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at the North Summit Church in Sandpoint, with a reception to follow at McDuff’s Beer Hall.

Laura spent her early years in Selah, Wash., and moved with her family to Sagle, Idaho, in the spring of 1999 and attended Sagle Elementary, Sandpoint Middle and Sandpoint High School. She played basketball and soccer, ran track and cross-country, participated in Junior Miss and excelled as a student. Laura was elected as the sophomore, junior and senior class president and, in 2016, organized her class’ 10-year reunion. Laura surrounded herself with people who stayed her lifelong friends.

Laura was a rare combination of quiet, yet fierce determination with a deeply loving and warm heart. Laura began her career at Serv-a-Burger during high school and continued to excel in every job she undertook. Her brother called her the quiet assassin because she had a habit of tackling difficult jobs: from buying a house or car to building a fence or starting a new job, by simply announcing what she had accomplished only after it was successfully executed. Her dad referred to her as “maddingly independent” and both her parents were filled with pride at how much she accomplished in all aspects of her life.

Laura took care of those around her. She sent cards with heartfelt messages, reached out to check on her friends and family, and she told people how much she cared about them. Laura was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.

Laura passed away during the happiest period of her life. She adored her fiancé, Bryce Mort, and everyone who saw them together realized they had the good fortune of being the missing pieces to each other’s puzzles. Together they brought two daughters into the world, Mabel Grace and Hadley June. Laura loved being a mother and was the glue that held her family together.

Laura took all her determination, warmth and love and, with Bryce, built a beautiful home in the woods where she, Bryce and her two daughters spent a magical week together before she passed. Laura’s love for her family is the centerpiece of the home she and Bryce built for their growing family, from the carefully organized drawers in Hadley’s nursery, to the walls already hung with family pictures, to the books that Mabel has memorized after reading them time and again with her mom, to a trinket from her dear friend tucked in a kitchen drawer. Laura built a corner of the world looking over the mountains of North Idaho that showed her deep love for Bryce, her daughters, family and dear friends.

Laura’s love will be carried forward. Her parents, Bob and Mary Snider, and her fiancé, Bryce, will keep Laura’s memory alive for Mabel and Hadley, and her Uncle Roger and Aunt Doreen promise that Laura’s girls will always know about their mom’s authentic, loving heart. May all the love that Laura put into this world be radiated back to those grieving this unimaginable loss.

Laura is survived by her heartbroken family, including her fiancé Bryce Mort, newborn daughter Hadley June, preschooler Mabel Grace, parents Robert and Mary Snider (Sandpoint), sister Bobbi Snider (Coeur d’Alene) niece Taya, nephews Isaiah and Joey, brother Richie Snider (Boise), nieces Brady and Ella, Uncle Jim and Aunt Terry Snider (Washington), Uncle Roger and Aunt Doreen Sargent (Tucson, Ariz.) and Grandparents Mary Snider and Dave Koch (Tucson, Ariz.).

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to support Laura’s young family: https://gofund.me/9f5983a4

Lakeview Funeral Home in Sandpoint is handling the arrangements. Please visit Laura’s online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.