Rory Allen Kidder

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE VISITATION AND FUNERAL SERVICE TIME HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH. New Iberia Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia, for Rory A. Kidder, 40, who passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at his New Iberia Home. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Thursday from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM, with Recitation of the Rosary at 1:00 PM. Rev. Keith Landry will officiate. A lifelong resident of New Iberia, Rory Allen Kidder was born on May 13, 1977, and was a 1996 graduate of New Iberia Senior High. He proudly served our country in the United States Army during the Iraqi War. To know Rory was to love him. He was quick-witted and had an awesome sense of humor. He loved music, and had great rhythm for a white boy. He loved all things outdoors, especially hunting and fishing, and was a great cook, but above all those things, he loved his family and friends most. Rory is survived by his mother, Christine Kidder; father, Allen Kidder; sister, Kelly Hymel and husband Cecil; brothers, Lee Kidder and wife Stacey; and John Kidder and wife Toyia; nephews, Brock Kidder and wife Natalie, and Ben Hymel; nieces, Kirsten Kidder, Isabella Kidder, and Ava Kidder; nephews and godsons, Regan Kidder and Jack Hymel; great niece, Lilah Grace Kidder; great nephews, Wyatt and John Luke Kidder, and Kameron Schunemeyer, all of New Iberia; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, John and Angelle Kidder; maternal grandfather, William Patterson; and maternal grandmother, Eileen Annandale. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, (337-365-3331) is in charge of arrangements.