Visitation will be at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski from 4 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, followed by a rosary service at 7 p.m.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski, with
Father Thomas Shaw officiating.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery at
Assumption, with a 1 p.m. graveside service.
Mr. DeRight retired from Caterpillar in Peoria.
He served with the U.S. Army Military Police.
He was born Dec. 6, 1933, at Panama, Ill., to
Pete and Justine Grill DeRight. He married Patricia
Ann Fortner in Decatur on Oct. 17, 1959; she
preceded him in death on Aug. 21, 1991. He married
Donna Riedle in Lincoln on Nov. 17, 2000.
He is survived by his wife, of Chestnut; two
sons, Stephen A. (and Vickie) DeRight of Carrollton,
Ga., and Jeffrey (and Lisa) DeRight of Mount
Pulaski; two daughters, Rita A. (and Kirk) Cyrulik
of Casner and Tara (and Jeffrey) Chandler of
Chestnut; three stepsons, Greg Riedle of Lincoln,
Jeff Riedle of Perry, Mo., and Chad (and Sarah)
Riedle of Palmyra, Mo.; one stepdaughter, Jodi
Koehler of Lincoln; one brother, James (and Rosalyn)
DeRight of Springfield; seven grandchildren, Spencer
Cyrulik, Jared DeRight, Skylar DeRight, Madison
Chandler, Haley DeRight, Ainsley DeRight and Logan
DeRight; and six stepgrandchildren, Adam Koehler,
Gerred Koehler, Dustin Riedle, Ashlyn Riedle, Iesha
Riedle and Montgomery Riedle. |
He was also preceded in death by his parents and one
sister.
He was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Church, Knights of Columbus of Decatur, Chestnut
Men's Club and the United Auto Workers.
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