Derek Francis Fichtel, son of Genelle Williams Fichtel and Francis “Fritz” Fichtel of West Frankfort, Illinois, was born on April 17, 1971 in Anchorage, Alaska and departed this life on May 25, 2016 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 45.
Mr. Fichtel was a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Bloomfield. He worked as an engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation and belonged to the United States Army-National Guard in Missouri and Illinois.
On September 6, 1999, he was united in marriage to Christina “Tina” Morris in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Mrs. Fichtel survives of their residence in Dexter.
In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by one son and one daughter, Luke Fichtel and Erin Fichtel of Dexter; by one brother, Stephen Fichtel and wife Treasa of West Frankfort, Illinois; and by one sister, Laura Bryant and husband Ronnie of West Frankfort, Illinois.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Greg Stevens officiating.
Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery near Dexter
