Dr. Emasue Snow O'Connor, M.D. (Mrs. Gerald O'Connor), passed away the morning of January 3, 2012 in the Neighborhoods at Quail Creek in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Snow was 86, having been born on March 1, 1925, in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Snow was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald O'Connor and her sister Ermine McTague. She is survived by one son, George R. (Patricia) O'Connor, and two daughters, Suzi (David) Agee and Jeannie (Terry) Wood, one nephew, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Dr. Snow was a Springfield native and attended Greenwood High School before earning associate and baccalaureate degrees from Drury College and Southwest Missouri State College and a Master's Degree in French Literature from the University of Missouri, all before completing her medical degree as a member of the Tulane University School of Medicine Class of 1950. Highly respected by her peers, Dr. Snow's career was exceptional in many ways. She graduated at the top of her class at Tulane University School of Medicine at a time when few women were enrolled. Following graduation from Tulane, Dr. Snow began a rotating internship at Doctor's Hospital in Washington, D.C. followed by a residency in Psychiatry at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and Southwest Louisiana State Hospital in Mandeville, Louisiana. Her professional career spanned a number of states, and included service in Louisiana as Staff Psychiatrist at Southwest Louisiana State Hospital, and an Instructor and member of faculty at Tulane University School of Medicine. In Illinois, she maintained a private practice and served as a Consultant to Children's Unit and Children's Home in Peoria. Dr. Snow's career in New York and New Jersey included a Fellowship at New York School of Psychiatry and serving as Staff Psychiatrist, Department of Correction of the City of New York, as Staff Psychiatrist and Director of Children's Service, New Jersey State Diagnostic Center, as Staff Psychiatrist, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Mental Health Clinic, as Chief Psychiatric Examiner for Bronx County Court Psychiatric Clinic, the Bronx Criminal Court and the New York State Supreme Court, as a Consultant for the New York State Department of Probation and as an Instructor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Snow relocated to Springfield, Missouri, in 1973 where she served as a Staff Psychiatrist at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, as Psychiatric Consultant for the Greene County Guidance Clinic and Taylor Health Center, and as Psychiatric Team Consultant for Disability Determinations, Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation. From 1975 until her retirement, Dr. Snow maintained a private psychiatric practice and was a member of the medical staff at St. Johns Regional Health Center and Cox Medical Centers. In practice more than fifty years, Dr. Snow was among the first Forensic Psychiatrists and served as an expert witness in numerous criminal cases throughout the United States. Dr. Snow also served as President of the Ozark Chapter of American Psychiatric Association in 1979, and was a member of the local chapters of Altrusa and the National Alliance of Mentally Ill, the American Medical Association, the Greene County Medical Society, the Ozark Society of Psychiatrists and the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Snow enjoyed the company of her family, close friends, challenging cross word puzzles, classical music, gardening in her backyard, reading memoirs, strong coffee and preparing delicious meals from a wide variety of cookbooks one of which was written by Lenotre. The family would like to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to the staff of The Neighborhoods at Quail Creek who provided Dr. Snow with great care and kind companionship in recent years. A Celebration of Life in memory and honor of Dr. Snow will be held at Drury Stone Chapel (Drury University Campus) with a service at 2pm and visitation to follow until 5pm on Sunday, January 8, 2012. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in memory of Dr. Snow be made to the Music Department of Drury University and National Alliance for Mental Health. The Celebration of Life services are being arranged with the assistance of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.