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Robert E. Rider

Robert E. Rider, 85, of Sidney, IN, and having family members in Huntington, IN, died Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.

Mr. Rider graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1948. He retired in 1994 from Gatke Corporation, in Warsaw, where he had been employed for 36 years. He was also a farmer and was a charter member of the Sidney Lions Club.

He was born May 20, 1930, in Silver Lake to John A. and Ruth A. Cole Rider. He married Donnabelle Hudson on Nov. 19, 1960, and she survives.

Additional survivors include a son, Ron R. (Ann) Rider, of Columbia City; three daughters, Rhonda R. (Tim) Swaidner, of Huntington; Rita R. Rider, of Sidney; and Rachel R. (Todd) Creamer, of Warsaw; a sister, Virginia Linn, of Claypool; five grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

Calling is today, Thursday, May 28, 2015, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at McKee Mortuary, 1401 Ind.-114 West, North Manchester. A graveside service will be held at a later date at Sidney Cemetery, in Sidney.

Memorial gifts may be made to the organization of the donor’s choice.