Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Derrick, Augustus 1921
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, November 18, 1921


Gus Derrick, an old Ionia resident and brother of Alonzo Derrick, died 
Wednesday evening at his home, 31 Ryerson street, Grand Rapids.  He was 57 
years of age and has been a shop foreman for the Pere Marquette in the Wyoming 
shops.  He has been with the P.M. for the past 25 years.  

The funeral services will be held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon from the South 
Congregation church, Grand Rapids....(portion illegible)…

Gus Derrick left Ionia when the Pere Marquette departments were moved to 
Wyoming and has been there since.  He resided on Mill street here and for many 
years was a resident of Ionia county and city.  He was engaged in several 
enterprises when in Ionia, having at one time had a pool room, and restaurant 
at another time a coal yard, and at still another time opening an amusement 
park south of the river near where the old upper bridge crossed at the foot of 
Mill street.

At the time of his death Mr. Derrick was a member of the I.O.O. F. at Grand 
Rapids and president of the Cereseta base ball team.  He was formerly president 
of the Pere Marquette Y.M.C.A.  He leaves a widow and two sons, Richard and 
Gerald, and a brother Frank, all of Grand Rapids, also a brother Alonzo, of 
Ionia.


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