Leslie Crider
Leslie M. Crider, 84, of Motley passed away January 20, 2018 at the St. Cloud Hospital.
Memorial services will be held Friday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. at the Motley Free Methodist Church with Pastor Jim Johnson officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services at the church on Friday.
Interment will be at the Motley Cemetery.
Arrangements are with the Taylor Funeral Home of Staples.
Leslie was born August 10, 1933 in Eagle Bend to Virgil and Maud (Solid) Crider. He attended Crider country grade school and Eagle Bend High School.
He was married to; Darlene Kaliher, they had one daughter Diane; Marie Jay, they had one daughter, Barbara; and Karen Rogers and they had two sons, David and Paul. Les enjoyed pastoring churches in Motley, Pillager and Henriette for over 40 years. He was a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) working in hospitals until he retired as an anesthetist, returning to work in Cardiac Rehabilitation for another 10 years before finally retireing from the medical profession at age 75.
Les is survived by his wife, Karen; two daughters, Diane (Ralph) Patterson of Bangor, Maine and Barbara Crider of Acton, Maine; two sons, David Crider and Paul Crider, both of Motley; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, Jean (Tom) Hockaday and Virginia (Jim) Hudson and one brother, Gerald (Nellie) Crider.
He is preceded in death by his parents; one granddaughter; one sister, Dolorse Pattison and four brothers, Kenneth, Marion, Merwin and Roy.
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