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CELEBRATING 56 YEARS SERVING NODAWAY COUNTY
Snodderley Lumber offers everything for your next project
CLEARMONT, Mo. — Serving northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa, the family-owned Snodderley Lumber can trace its history back to the early 1900s and is still supplying the region with the tools to construct, paint and grow communities.
Steve Snodderley, who spends a good portion of his days working at the business, said Snodderley Lumber was owned by Everett Gray before his parents, Darrell and Ruth Ann Snodderley purchased it in 1964. He said it was owned by a Garrett before that.
He was 10 or 11 when he started working at the store, located at 115 S. Sycamore St. in Clearmont. It was that year his family moved from Elmo to Clearmont.
“When we moved over here, we lived a mile south of Elmo and we moved 4 miles and you thought we were moving to New York City,” he said.
His daughter Brooke Kinsella, who handles much of the day-to-day work to keep the business running and updated with new products, said her grandmother still lives just a couple blocks away. Ruth Ann, now 97, worked at the family business until she
turned 92 years old.
“She still calls every day and says, ‘What’s everybody doing?’” Kinsella said.
Family is important to the Snodderleys and they make that known by how
they greet and treat their customers.
“I got off the school bus here,” she said. “That’s where my kids get off the school bus too.”
Usually a hopping spot filled with family, the shop is packed with items needed for construction jobs, painting jobs, deck building and much more.
Upon arriving at the door, many will be greeted by Zorro, a friendly Labrador retriever who either blocks customers until they pet him or leads customers down the main aisle. Featured prominently in that aisle are a plethora of Milwaukee tools, which are often featured in the business’ sales.
Kinsella said the business also offers Medallion Plus Valspar paint, which they can mix right in the store, as well as Cabot and Penofin wood stains for decks or other outdoor wood projects. Speaking of wood, the business also offers a large assortment of lumber out behind the shop. Snodderley Lumber offers wood at the lengths required for big jobs or small ones.
For more information, call the business at 660-729-3363 or find them on Facebook. Customers may also email for quotes at snodderleylumber@hotmail.com.
