Bruce Michael Snell

June 18, 1943 – March 23, 2016

Bruce Michael “Mike” Snell, 72, of Lovell, died peacefully surrounded by his family Wednesday, March 23, 2016, of heart failure in Billings.[caption id="attachment_11105" align="alignright" width="202"] Bruce Michael Snell[/caption]Mike was born June 18, 1943, in Salt Lake City to Ivan and Roa (Gardner) Snell. He graduated from Lovell High School in 1961. On Dec. 2, 1961, he married the love of his life, Peggy Dillon, in Lovell.He was a member of the National Guard and became a bricklayer and spent his career in the construction industry, where he was an honored craftsman and received accolades all over the country. He loved his family, cars, baseball, football, woodworking, Fox News and politics.Bruce is survived by his wife Peggy of 53 years; his daughter and three sons, Mike and his fiancée Sherry of Lovell, Dan and his wife Jennifer of Lovell, Kelli Leonhardt of Cody and Jared and his wife Mhari of Halifax, Mass.; 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.A celebration of life service was held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lovell on March 28, 2016.