Derrer, John T.

DERRER, ELLIOTT, ASAY, BUCK, BRYMER, CARPENTER

Posted By: Ruth Maring - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/9/2008 at 09:48:28

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MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — John T. Derrer, age 91, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Trinity West Hospital, Rock Island, Illinois, as a result of a vehicle accident. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday January 9, 2008, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, with Reverend David Vidler officiating. Interment will be Oakhill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, and also one hour prior to the service on Wednesday. Memorials should be to the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mt. Carroll in John’s name. Online condolences may be given to the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com.John was born on October 5, 1916, in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, the son of John and Edith (Elliott) Derrer. John graduated from Mt. Carroll High School and a few years later married Arlene Asay in Clinton, Iowa, on November 20, 1939. John began farming and continued dairy farming nearly all of his life in the Mt. Carroll Area. John raised hogs and purebread Holsteins. John was always active and not letting any grass grow under his feet. He loved doing volunteer work such as serving on the church board and the Farm Bureau and gardening and woodworking in his leisure time. John will be dearly missed by his wife, Arlene, of Mt. Carroll, currently residing at Liberty Village, Freeport, Ill.; his daughter, Diane (Lowell) Buck of Pearl City, Illinois; his son, Thomas Glen (Terrie) of Dennison, Texas; five grandchildren, Brandie, T.J., Tyler, Tera and Angela; one great-grandson, Jacob; and a brother-in-law, Edward Brymer of Gilmer, Texas. John was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Russell, and his two sisters, Jeanette Carpenter and Phyllis Brymer. Death date: Jan. 5, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 1/7/2008 - 1/9/2008