A wake for retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Barbara Jean Snyder, 63, Oak Harbor, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Wallin Funeral Home in Oak Harbor. Snyder died May 5 after a long battle with cancer.

A registered nurse, Snyder reported to duty at Naval Hospital Oak Harbor in 1984, where she was the quality assurance risk management coordinator. She retired from the Navy in 1990.

Following her Navy career, Snyder began to work for the Oak Harbor School District in 1992, working as an instructional assistant at North Whidbey and Oak Harbor Middle Schools, and ending her employment with the school district as the ASB secretary at Oak Harbor Middle School.

Snyder was born and raised in Chicago. She attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., where she received her Bachelor of Science in nursing. She went on to receive a Master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University.

She is survived by her husband, Dennis, two children, one grandchild, one brother and her parents. Snyder will be buried with full military honors at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.