Memorial services for Wayne Derrick, age 71, will be at Waldo Funeral Home on Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10 a.m. Pastor Kevin O'Brien will officiate. Wayne Derrick passed away Monday, November 11, 2024, at his home in Sherman, TX.

Wayne was born August 21, 1953, in Plainfield, NJ, to Dorothy Welch and Norman Derrick. He moved to California at age 6 where he attended middle school and high school until volunteering to join the Army from 1970-1971. Wayne was a jack of all trades, he worked as a lumberjack for a time, he worked in the casinos in reno where he was even used in a few promotional flyers as a model and where he met his beloved wife in 1991 and fathered a son in 1994. He and his family moved to a small town in Mexico in 1997 where his wife Edelmira was born and during that period he loved spending time in their garden planting flowers and as a side job making pastries and the occasional wedding cake for those who wanted one. He also became a fish farmer where he raised rainbow trout and to the surprise of many even had quail while raising chickens as well.  In 2006 he moved to Van Alstyne Tx, where his son went to VAMS and VAHS and in 2012 finally settled in Sherman, TX where he lived until the day he departed from this world. He had lots of hobbies that he enjoyed during his life like cooking, baking, gardening, fishing, Arrowhead hunting, traveling and playing video games with his son.

Wayne is survived by his wife Eldelmira, son Dominick, mother Dorothy, sisters Norma, Barbara, brothers Rick and Mike.