Robert Crider

FLORISSANT, Mo. - Father Robert E. Crider, 82, Florissant, formerly of Plattsburg, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, in a Florissant health-care facility.
Born Oct. 20, 1925, in Peoria, Ill., he was a resident of Plattsburg for 15 years.
Father Crider attended St. Anne Grade School and McBride High School in St. Louis, Mo. He also attended Passionists Monastery, Sancti Gregorii Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio; and was ordained at Immaculate Conception Basilica in Conception, Mo., on May 14, 1953.
After graduating in 1953, he was the assistant pastor at the St. James parish, Liberty, Mo.; and then administrator of the Blessed Sacrament in Bethany, Mo.; and the Missions of St. John and St. Mary.
Father Crider also spent 13 years doing diocesan missionary work in Arapata, Bolivia. Then he was associate pastor of St. Mary, Independence, Mo.; pastor of St. John Francis Regis, Kansas City, Mo.; St. Patrick, St. Joseph; Our Lady of Guadalupe, Kansas City, Mo.; and St. Ann, Plattsburg. He retired on Oct. 10, 2006.
He also served in many diocesan positions, including diocesan director of the Society of Propagation of the Faith for six years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leon David and Lissett (Hoeft) Crider.
Survivors: his siblings, Margaret Rootz, St. Louis, Mo.; Leon "Bud" Crider, Troy, Mo.; Jean Lesley, Louisiana, Mo.; David Crider, St. Louis; and Dorothy Obenmhaus, St. Louis; and several nephews and nieces.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. Ann's Catholic Church, Plattsburg. Interment: Calvary Cemetery, Plattsburg. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church, where a parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday. Arrangements: Bailey & Cox Family Funeral Service, Plattsburg.
The family suggests memorial gifts to the Permanent Fund of the Priest's Retirement Plan.