Kryder’s Impact Continues Through Memorial Scholarship Fund
June 17, 2021 at 10:41 p.m.
Kryder’s Impact Continues Through Memorial Scholarship Fund
By Staff Report-
The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarships to students from Wawasee High School who have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Priority is given to graduating seniors who are on the varsity swim team, and second preference is given to graduating seniors pursuing the study of business, honoring Kryder’s investment in the world of business and aquatics.
Kryder lived an active life of serving others, according to a news release from the Foundation. He grew up in Syracuse on Lake Wawasee, and after a short stint of living out of the county when he left to attend Ball State University, he returned, living on Irish Lake in North Webster. “With such a lake centric life, it’s no wonder that so many of his favorite pastimes included the water,” the release states.
While he studied finance in college and worked in the business realm for a number of years, Kryder eventually made the switch to teaching. A Wawasee High School graduate himself, he taught business and accounting classes at his alma mater for two years and began a fishing club for district students. In his last year of life he served as the aquatics teacher and swim coach in the Wawasee School district. He took the girls swim team all the way to the state meet in Indianapolis.
Kryder married his high school sweetheart, Colleen, and together they raised their daughter and two sons in Kosciusko County. They all grew up swimming competitively, with Kryder as their coach and biggest fan.
Since 1968, Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc. has helped donors achieve their charitable dreams. The Community Foundation is a public charity that grants about $3 million annually in the areas of education, health, arts and culture, recreation, civic projects, environment and human services. Gifts made to the Community Foundation are tax-deductible. For more information, call 574-267-1901 or visit 102 E. Market St., Warsaw.
The purpose of the fund is to provide scholarships to students from Wawasee High School who have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Priority is given to graduating seniors who are on the varsity swim team, and second preference is given to graduating seniors pursuing the study of business, honoring Kryder’s investment in the world of business and aquatics.
Kryder lived an active life of serving others, according to a news release from the Foundation. He grew up in Syracuse on Lake Wawasee, and after a short stint of living out of the county when he left to attend Ball State University, he returned, living on Irish Lake in North Webster. “With such a lake centric life, it’s no wonder that so many of his favorite pastimes included the water,” the release states.
While he studied finance in college and worked in the business realm for a number of years, Kryder eventually made the switch to teaching. A Wawasee High School graduate himself, he taught business and accounting classes at his alma mater for two years and began a fishing club for district students. In his last year of life he served as the aquatics teacher and swim coach in the Wawasee School district. He took the girls swim team all the way to the state meet in Indianapolis.
Kryder married his high school sweetheart, Colleen, and together they raised their daughter and two sons in Kosciusko County. They all grew up swimming competitively, with Kryder as their coach and biggest fan.
Since 1968, Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc. has helped donors achieve their charitable dreams. The Community Foundation is a public charity that grants about $3 million annually in the areas of education, health, arts and culture, recreation, civic projects, environment and human services. Gifts made to the Community Foundation are tax-deductible. For more information, call 574-267-1901 or visit 102 E. Market St., Warsaw.
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