Sam Lee Kidd

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NEW MATAMORAS - Sam Lee Kidd, 50, of New Matamoras, Ohio, died Monday (Oct. 26, 2009) at the Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville, W.Va.

He was born on July 9, 1959, in Marietta, the son of Robert W. and Dorothy G. Bohlen Kidd.

He owned Skidd Auto Service in New Matamoras, Ohio. He attended the Matamoras Presbyterian Church and was a member of the Second Congregational Church in Marietta. He was a graduate of Frontier High School in 1977, and the Washington State Community College in 1979. He was a member of Matamoras Lodge 374, Free and Accepted Masons, a past master of Little Muskingum Grange No. 2621, Pomona Grange, state and national granges. He was the president of the Frontier Local Economic Development Association and was named volunteer of the year and was a past president of OAPSE. He helped to organize the Kid's Night at Matamoras Elementary School, was an honorary member of the National Honor Society, a member of the Social Interaction Through Education Services and Mock Trial at Frontier High School. He was also a member of the Ohio State Fair Board and co-founder of Camp Opportunity for families of the deaf. He had been a school bus driver for Frontier Local Schools and was the owner of Shield-Avago Oil Drilling Co., and had also driven a milk truck for Barth Farms. He served on many community projects.

On Dec. 12, 1981, he married Vesta J. Minder, who survives with one son and two daughters, Nicholas E. Kidd and his special friend, Kaitlyn Westbrook, Samantha L. Kidd and her special friend, Kyle Davis, and Whitney R. Kidd and her special friend, Geoffrey Bennett; and two grandchildren, Oliva (Ollie) Davis and Wyatt (Bubba) Bennett. He is also survived by two brothers and two sisters, Bill Kidd (Janet), Rusty Kidd (Beverly), Sandy Cisler (Randy), and Sharon Hooten (Lundy)

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday (Oct. 30, 2009) at Hadley Funeral Home, Reno Chapel, in Marietta with the Rev. Richard Saltzwedel officiating.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today (Oct. 28) at the Reno Chapel, where Masonic services will be held at 8 p.m., and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 29), where Grange services will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Online condolences may be made at hadleyfuneralhomes.com