He offered to help her family when her father fell ill. She met Bert again at 21, where they married in 1903 and spent 53 years together before his passing.
During times of poverty in her area, she created the Helping Hand Club, which gave quilts and assistance to those in need.
Although quilt-making became less popular nationwide during the mid 20th century, Snyder continued to produce work throughout her adult life.
McCance is remembered by her own memoir No Time On My Hands as told to her daughter Nellie Snyder Yost.
Her story is also told in the children's biography Pioneer Girl: Growing Up on the Prairie by Andrea Warren (Morrow Junior Books, 1998).