HOMER S RIDER, 96, OF UMATILLA, FLORIDA PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018. BORN IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ON DECEMBER 12, 1921. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE ROYCE AND MARTHA ELLEN RIDER. HOMER LIVED IN FORT WAYNE FOR ALMOST 90 YEARS AND WORKED AT THE GENERAL ELECTRIC IN FORT WAYNE FOR OVER 40 YEARS AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH ALSO IN FORT WAYNE, MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE. HOMER IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE RITA (TERNET), DAUGHTER TINA (RIDER) BOGER, SON IN LAW LARRY BOGER, GRANDSONS KEVIN (STACEY) BOGER & ANDY BOGER, AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, IVY, DELIA AND HARVEY BOGER. HE WAS ALSO SURVIVED BY SISTERS, MARILYN (DON) ALVATHER, DOROTHY (VERN) CUMMINGS, AND BROTHER, ROBERT (JANET) RIDER. HE WAS LOVED BY EXTENDED FAMILY AS WELL, KARIN DI SALVO, LUCY JACOBS, LAURA MILLER AND THEIR FAMILIES. HOMER WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, DEVOTED FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. HE LOVED FISHING AND WAS A GIFTED BALLROOM DANCER AND AN AVID NOTRE DAME FAN. HIS SWEETNESS AND LOVE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL OF US. WE WILL GATHER FOR A SUNDAY MASS IN HIS HONOR ON NOVEMBER 11, 2018, AT ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH IN FORT WAYNE.