Rodger Lee Ridinger

Rodger Lee Ridinger was born in Kansas City Missouri on November 5th, 1955, to Mary Annabelle Widner and Orville Lee Ridinger Sr. Rodger lived in various places with his parents and younger siblings, as a child, including Lawrence Kansas. After age 7 he attended school in Jacksonville MO. and grew up in and around Kirksville MO. where he attended school through graduation, including two years of trade school for electronics. He met the love of his life, in Lawrence Kansas, while visiting his father in 1971. He moved back to Lawrence Kansas in 1974 and worked for his father's salvage and car sales business. Rodger settled in the Bartlesville area in 1976 where he worked for Eve Industrial as a high-rise window washer. He joined the City of Bartlesville Employees in Oct. 1979 and married his love, Aleta Yvonne Whitaker, on December 14th 1979. Together they happily made their home, here, in Bartlesville for over 44 years. The two bore and raised four children; losing one before birth. Rodger worked for the City for over 35 years until serious work injuries and his illness brought about his retirement in April of 2015. Rodger LOVED all of his family and showed it every day! He worked and served, in the same church he married in, for many years; leading others to Christ and pointing the way to Salvation. Rodger served others, with his huge smile on his face, as a Sunday School teacher, a Bus Captain, a choir member, a Church Officer, and as the Pastor's Baptismal Assistant. Rodger loved board games, was an avid reader, enjoyed video games, & riding his Harley. He is preceded in death by all of his grandparents, both parents, 4 uncles, and two brothers (Walter "Wally" Lee Ridinger of Dewey, & Jimmy Lee Ridinger, & one daughter (Leah Yvonne Ridinger). He is survived by his loving wife (Aleta Yvonne Ridinger), two sons (Rodger Jarrod Ridinger & Ryan Trey Ridinger), two daughters (Alicia Dawn Ridinger-Gallamore & Annette Rochelle Ridinger), eight grandchildren (Nathan Villio, Josiah Gallamore, Jaxon Gallamore, Paityn Gallamore, Ryker Ridinger, Alysson Maciel, Nylah Ridinger & Brylen Ridinger), several siblings; Orville Ridinger Jr., Marvin Ridinger, Ronnie Ridinger, Tamra Ridinger, Angela Schoonover, Peggy Perry, Roy Ridinger and Dennis Abramowitz, a son-n-law (Brian Lee Gallamore) and a daughter-n-law (Jaqueline Maciel Ridinger) To view the service via live-stream, please click the following link: https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/index.php?data=MTcwNzg2NTYyODI5NTU0NyZvbmVyb29tLWFkbWluJmNvcHlfbGluaw==

Rodger Lee Ridinger

November 5, 1955 - February 9, 2024