Background
Derfelt, Jerry Leroy was born on August 16, 1953 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of Roy L. and H. Virginia (Tyler) Derfelt.
Music minister funeral director
Derfelt, Jerry Leroy was born on August 16, 1953 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of Roy L. and H. Virginia (Tyler) Derfelt.
Student, Missouri Southern State College, 1971-1972; student, Kansas State College Pittsburg, 1972-1973; AS, Center State University, Edmond, Oklahoma, 1974.
Assistant minister music, First Baptist Church, Galena, Kansas, 1974-1983; minister music, First Baptist Church, Galena, Kansas, since 1983; assistant secretary/treasurer, Baptist Missionary Association of Kansas, 1984-1988; assistant editor, Baptist Herald, 1984-1988; editor, Baptist Herald, since 1988; secretary, treasurer, Baptist Missionary Association of Kansas and West Missouri, since 1988; Sunday school teacher, First Baptist Church, Galena, 1976-1977, 80; trustee, First Baptist Church, Galena, 1983-1989; singer, Gospelaires Quartet, Galena, 1973-1988. President Derfelt Funeral Homes Inc., Galena, since 1982.
Fireman Galena Volunteer Fire Department, since 1972. President Galena Mining and History Museum Association, 1983-1988, treasurer, since 1988. Committee member Vocational Training Commission United States dollar #499, Galena, 1978-1986.
Member National Funeral Directors Association, Kansas Funeral Directors Association (district president 1984), Lions (volunteer Eye Bank), Chamber of Commerce.
Married Lucy Carver, April 16, 1971 (divorced July 1981). Children: J. Matt, Angel D. Married Peggy S. Daniels, November 28, 1981.
Children: Jenny Lynn, Emily Jo, Stephen T.
