Born in Erie, Pennsylvania on August 13,1949, he was the son of the late Robert Leroy Neidrick and Mary Magdeline Green Neidrick .

Mr. Neidrick graduated from Strong Vincent High School in Erie; he received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Syracuse University. He received his masters from the University of Southern California. He was a career veteran of the United States Air Force obtaining the rank and retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was a pilot and flew K-135 Tankers performing mid air refueling. Following his retirement he worked as a financial planner for First Command Financial Planning

Bob is survived by his wife Rhoda J. Gray Niedrick, they were married on December 27, 2000.

He attended Allegheny Center Alliance Church. He had served with Gideon International for over thirty-eight years speaking at churches locally and as distant as Kenya and Togo. He also served on mission trips to China and Moscow.

He is survived by his mother Mary Green Neidrick who resides in the Chicora Medical Center; two daughters: Shannon Taylor and her husband Russell and Mary Holmes and her husband Jeff both of Mobile, Alabama; one stepson: Dr. Isaac B.. Mrozek and his wife Mary Jo of East Liverpool, Ohio; one stepdaughter: Stephanie Weaver and her husband Joe of Kittanning, PA; one granddaughter: Elaine Taylor; and seven step grandchildren: Rebekah, Mikalah, and Isabella Mrozek, Sean, Isaac, Sarai, and Livia Weaver

Friends will be received at Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA. On Monday June 6,2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Roland Gray of Beaver Alliance Church officiating.

Interment will follow in the Northside Cemetery, Butler, PA.

In lieu of Flowers the family suggests donations to Gideon’s International P.O. Box 140800 Nashville, Tenn. 37214-0800.