Richard G. Wilder, Jr.

Richard Granville Wilder, Jr., 72, of Berkeley Springs, formerly of Point Marion, Pa., died Saturday, September 29, 2012 at his home.

Born May 15, 1940 in Pittsfield, Mass, he was the son of the late Richard Granville, Sr. and Mildred Jelly Wilder.

He was a member of Bethel Pentecostal Church in North Adams, Mass.

He was a graduate of Drury High School in North Adams and attended North Adams State College.

He had worked as the plant manager with Sprague Electric in North Adams prior to moving to Point Marion.

He was an outdoorsman who liked hunting, fishing and canoeing.

Surviving are his wife of 56 years, June Ellen Wilson Wilder, at home; two sons, Michael Timothy Wilder, Great Cacapon and Joseph William Wilder, Akron, Ohio; one sister, Roxanne Ferraro of Tennessee; one brother, Norman Wilder, Bennington, Vt.; six grandchildren, Juliette Marie Wilder and Josiah Cain Wilder, both of Great Cacapon, Rachael Lee Wilder, Victoria Lee Wilder, Katherine Lee Wilder and Michael Joseph Wilder, all of Akron and several nieces and nephews.

Services and interment will be private.

Arrangements were handled by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Berkeley Springs.