SARNIA MOST SELFISH FAMILY

A group of poverty and mental health advocates have voted Ilona Vecere Fermin and Marie Snopek of Lakeshore Rd as the most selfish family in Sarnia.

Marie Snopek is the Curator of “40 Years of Jack Nichols (1941-1981)
The Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery.”

Ilona Vecere Fermin is her daughter a school teacher at
Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School.

Marie Snopek is the widow of the late Dr. Anthony Snopek a millionaire who left behind a son with multiple barriers, barriers  that keep him from gaining any employment and the son is living on a $650 per month government issued cheque. The government has classified the son as a “Person with Persistent Multiple Barriers” this classification is only given to people that don’t abuse drugs and don’t have a criminal record.

Mental health advocate John Velt states:

“We tried explaining the son’s dire situation to the stepmother Marie Snopek. All we got in return is her daughter (her agent) calling the police on us. In my 20 + years of advocating on behalf of “the poor with mental issues” I have never encountered a more uncaring or selfish family.” 

The son states:

“My father Dr. Snopek knew all his life about my issues that keep me from living a normal life. My stepmother knew about my issues shortly after she met me. It was assumed that they both were ashamed of me and that’s why I had no support from them from the age of twelve. It was also assumed that after my father’s death some funds would have been left for me to live on. Maybe there were, it’s possible that my stepmother Marie Snopek and my stepsister Ilona Vecere Fermin are keeping my dad’s will away from me."

Advocate John Velt adds:

"We don’t have many options left. As you know a person can’t survive on a government issued $650 per month cheque. The son’s elderly relatives from his natural mother’s side help the son as they can but once they die the son will be on the street. We want to prevent that. The son tried to initiate talks with his late father’s church St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sarnia with the Reverend Lloyd Murdock as a go between mediator but that didn't go anywhere.

We are in talks with the government, with other NGOs and with the media. Our only course of action may be to initiate a civil suit against Marie Snopek and the late Dr Snopek estate."

See previous media releases here.

See the son's story here.