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Joe A. Kreider

Joe A. Kreider, 75, of Coatesville, IN, and a former resident of Huntington, IN, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at 2:45 p.m. at Hendricks Regional Health, in Danville.

Mr. Kreider was a former manager of W.T. Grant, in Huntington. He had also lived in South Whitley; Union, OH; Grayson, KY; Tomkinsville, KY; and Fort Wayne, and had been employed at Weatherhead, Bellboy Boat Co., Ben Franklin Store and several hotels in Fort Wayne. He later established J&E Carpet Cleaning.

He was a former volunteer firefighter for the South Whitley-Cleveland Township Fire Department. He had also volunteered as a volleyball coach at North Putnam Middle School. He graduated in 1957 from Columbia City Joint High School and served in the United States Army National Guard from 1960 to 1966.

He was born Oct 18, 1938, in Washington Township, Whitley County, to Howard D and Opale S. Salesman Kreider. He married Erma M. Slessman on June 18, 1961, and she survives.

Additional survivors include a daughter, Tara (Henry) Angermeier, of Bainbridge; a sister, Donna (Kenneth) Rubrake, of Columbia City; and two granddaughters, Madison and Alexandra.

Calling is Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 .m. at Smith & Sons Miller Chapel, South Whitley. A service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. Burial, with military honors, will be at the South Whitley Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana.