Jon Charles Alder

ALDER Jon Charles Alder, 63, of London, died early Sunday, April 6, 2008, in Carlsbad, California. Charlie had been in auto sales for 13 years and with GTE, now Verizon Yellow Pages sales for 12 years where he was a 5 time President's Award winner and DSM. For 6 years, Charlie was with Automatic Data Processing (ADP)and he was a 4 time President's Club winner in sales and new project manager. A member of the First United Methodist Church of London, and the Masonic Lodge F&AM, he also served as a board member for the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Clark, Madison and Greene Counties, was a founding member of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in Madison County, and a board member of the Ohio NAMI. While struggling with his own physical illness, he won Ohio's NAMI Stigma Buster Award in 2007, for being instrumental in passing parity legislation for Ohio's mentally ill. He also won the 2007 National Rona and Ken Purdy Award to end discrimination in San Diego, CA for outstanding work, leadership and vision on behalf of people with mental illness and their families. He received tributes from Ohio Representatives Chris Widener, House District 84 and John Husted, speaker for being instrumental in the passage of Senate Bill 116 and House Bill 53 through the Ohio General Assembly. Survived by wife, Phyllis (Noon) Alder; son, Jonathan Douglas Alder of Green, OH; daughters, Jill Anne (Dan) Connors of Carlsbad, CA and Kim (Bill) Moffitt of Kingman, AZ; grandchildren, Sam Alder, Jeff Alder, Brandon Connors, Brooke Connors and Taylor Connors; mother, Thelma G. Alder of London; sisters, Lois (Jim) Rice of Hilliard and Jackie (David) Barker of London; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the First United Methodist Church of London with Rev. Steve Rodgers officiating. Interment will follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Hilliard. Friends may call AT THE CHURCH, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday. If they wish, friends may make memorial contributions to either, NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), 74 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43205, the First United Methodist Church, 52 N. Main St., London, Ohio 43140 or the Dublin Baptist Church, 7195 Coffman Rd., Dublin, OH 43017. The family is being served by the EBERLE-FISHER FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, 103 N. Main St., London, Ohio 43140. Condolences for the family may be sent to www.eberlefisherfuneralhome.com. Sign the online guestbook at www.dispatch.com/obituaries