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1933 Eileen 2012

Eileen Louise Rider

January 25, 1933 — April 22, 2012

Eileen Louise "Inie" (Shaw) Rider, 79, of Hagerstown, died on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Meritus Medical Center.

Born January 25, 1933 in Hagerstown, she was the daughter of the late Ragan and Viola (Wolf) Shaw.

Eileen attended Hagerstown High School and went on to travel with Olan Mills, where she helped with booking and modeling.

She had worked as the owner and operator at Lauren's Tavern in Hagerstown for many years.

She was a member of the Goodwill Little Club in Hagerstown. She loved to garden and feed wild birds. She was very good at crossword puzzles and bowled on various leagues in her younger years.

Eileen will be remembered as a wonderful, loving mother and grandmother. She was a very generous person. Her friends and family were very important to her.

Surviving her is two daughters, Kathy Persinger, Karen Gladfelter and her husband Todd; two brothers, Ragan Shaw, Jr. and wife Ecile, Floyd Shearer, Jr. and wife Sonja; two grandchildren, Alex Persinger, Alecia O'Brien-Gladfelter; a devoted friend, "Peachy" all of Hagerstown; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, Bud Rider; an infant son, Ronald Rider; two sisters, Kathleen Stitzel and Josephine Weaver; and a son-in-law whom she was very close to, Ben Persinger.

A funeral service will be conducted at 12:00pm on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Rest Haven Funeral Chapel, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown, with the Rev. Clark Carr officiating. Interment will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery.

Friends will be received Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rest Haven Funeral Chapel, Hagerstown

The family would like to extend thier sincere thanks to the staff in the critical care unit at Meritus Medical Center.
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