Samantha Marie Snyder, 25, of Butler passed away Thursday at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh after a 4½-year battle with lupus.

She was born Sept. 4, 1985, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of Daniel and Susan (Soose) Snyder.

Samantha was a member of the North Main St. Church of God in Butler.

She graduated from Butler High School in 2004 and then earned her emergency medical technician certification. She was a volunteer firefighter for Greenwood Village and Lyndora.

Samantha enjoyed writing poetry, horseback riding and camping.

She was a fighter and always brought a smile to her family's faces. She will be greatly missed.

Surviving are her parents of Butler; her sister, Sarah Snyder of Butler; her paternal grandfather, Joseph Snyder of Butler; her maternal grandparents, Francis and Madeline Carol Soose of Butler; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Shirley Snyder; and her uncle, Steve Soose.

<B>SNYDER</B> — Friends of Samantha Marie Snyder, who died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, will be received at <B>Young Funeral Home</B>, 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Tuesday with her pastor, the Rev. Dave Brown, officiating. Interment will be in Prairie Cemetery in Harrisville.Contributions may be made in memory of Samantha to the Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania, 100 W. Station Square Drive, Suite 1920, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.For more information, go to www.youngfuneralhomes.com.