

Interment will be at the Plain Lutheran Church Cemetery on State Route 95, (Blachleyville Road), Wooster, OH.įriends and relatives will be received from 5-8:00 P.M. Vocal music will be provided by Pastor Eric Fairhurst. on Friday, August 29, at the McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Officiating for the service will be Pastor Eric Fairhurst. Michael Kerschbaum with the USAF stationed in Okinawa, Greg Kerschbaum of Elyria, OH, Timothy Hider of Minster, OH, Jennifer (Hider) McSorley of Guyana, S.A., Heidi Haddock of Kerrville, TX, Matthew Haddock of Denton, TX, and Kyle Davis of Moorhead, KY and three great-grandchildren and 3 nieces. Andrew Kerschbaum with the USAF stationed in Guam, Lt. Sheryl Mattison of Lubbock, TX, Holly (Richard) Kerschbaum of Elyria, OH, Janelle (Kirby) Davis of Dayton, OH, Geralyn (Harry) Wilson of Houston, TX, and Wylie (Cheryl) Hider of Wooster, OH.Īlso surviving are 10 grandchildren John Kerschbaum of San Diego, CA, Stephanie Kerschbaum of Newark, DE, Capt. Hider's home in Lubbock, TX provided by their eldest daughter, Sheryl, also of Lubbock. He enjoyed spending winters in his and Mrs. He enjoyed gardening and lawn care, but his favorite hobby was repairing and refinishing a great number of antique pieces of furniture.

Gerald retired from Gerstenslager Body Shop in 1980 after 38 years of service as a master carpenter/cabinet maker in the bookmobile division. They celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2007. He was united in marriage to LaVonne Sidle on Augin Wooster. He was deployed with the 706th Tank Battalion to the Pacific Theatre where he saw invasion active duty on the islands of Guam, Philippines, Ie Shima, and Okinawa until the end of WWII. He trained with General Patton's Armored Tank Battalion at Pine Camp, NY. Army in May 1941 and was discharged in December of 1945 as a Tech 5 Sergeant. He graduated from Shreve High School in 1933, where he was an active member of the F.F.A. He was born January 23, 1915, the son of Elmer and Ethel (Bevington) Hider. WOOSTER - Gerald Eugene Hider Passed away early Monday morning at Wooster Community Hospital on August 25, 1008, of heart failure.
