First Name of deceased: Merle
Last Name of deceased: Rider
Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1926
Date of Death: 3 Oct 1991
Town of Death: Harrisburg
County of Death: Dauphin County
State of Death: Pennsylvania
Country of Death: USA
Merle L. Rider, 65, of 501 E. Coover St., Mechanicsburg died Thursday in Harrisburg Hospital. He was the retired owner/operator of Rider’s Barber Shop, Shiremanstown; a Navy veteran of World War II; and a member and former council member of Trindle Spring Lutheran Church, Eureka FA&M Lodge 302, Harrisburg Consistory and Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou Slonaker Rider; four daughters, Cindy Duck of Wellsville, Barb Eichelberger of Enola, Allyson Roberts of Hubert, N.C., and Holly Rider of Mechanicsburg; his mother, Mary Rider of Mechanicsburg; two brothers, Clarence of Mechanicsburg and Gerald of Philadelphia; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in his church. Burial will be in Trindle Spring Cemetery, Silver Spring Twp.
Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the Neill Funeral Home, Camp Hill.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Organ Fund of his church, 15 Slate Road, Mechanicsburg 17055.