Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Derrick, Richard 1901
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Belding Banner, 7 Nov 1901, page 1

“Dick” Derrick is Dead.

Richard Derrick, by reason of having been a deputy sheriff for 25 years, was one
of the best known men in Ionia co., and when he died at Muir last week, regret
was widespread.  Mr. Derrick was a terror to criminals in an early day and came
as near being a genuine detective as anything this county has produced.  For
about a year he has been a helpless paralytic.  Besides the renown which came to
him as an officer he was widely known through his love for horses.

Years ago Mr. Derrick made an agreement with Rudolph Rohler, the well known Muir
capitalist, that the one who outlived the other should sit on the driver’s seat
on the hearse and drive the vehicle to the cemetery, as well as paying the
entire expenses of the funeral.  In no merry mood, yet true to his bargain, Mr.
Rohler sat on the driver’s seat last Friday and piloted the remains of the dead
friend to their last resting place.


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