DERRICK ROGERS

October 17, 1970 - December 31, 2016

Derrick A. Rogers, 46, of Indianapolis, IN, formerly of Momence, IL, died December 31, 2016 at Indiana University Hospital, Lafayette, IN. Visitation will be Saturday, January 14, 2017 from 10:00 A.M. until time of funeral services at 11:00 A.M. at Lax Mortuary. Reverend Dennis Dow will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Derrick A. Rogers was born October 17, 1970 in Chicago, IL to Ronald Dow and Denise Embery. He was baptized at New Philadelphia Baptist Church by Reverend Mitchell, and was a member of Zion Hope Baptist Church. He graduated in 1988 from St. Anne Community High School and completed three years of college at Eastern Illinois University. On March 20, 1997, he was united in holy matrimony to the former Sherise Gates and to their union, four children were born. He was a forklift operator for Arconic in Lafayette, IN, for three-and-a- half years. Before that, he worked in restaurant management for over 20 years for various fast food companies. He will be remembered most for loving and providing for his family. He enjoyed family time, watching and playing sports and playing cards. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife, Sherise Rogers of Indianapolis, IN; his children, Shanae Autman of Kankakee, IL, Quashaea Rogers of Astoria, NY, Derrick Rogers Jr. of Bloomington, IN and Jordan Rogers and Ebony Rogers, both of Indianapolis, IN; his father, Ronald Dow of Chicago, IL; his brothers and sisters, Leotis (Shelley) McGee of North Dakota, Donel Embery and Ericka (Charles) Embery, all of Minneapolis, MN, Sabrina (Cortiz) Embery Buckner of Lafayette, IN, Tinika (Michael) Whitcomb of Remington, IN and Johnathan (Melissa) Hart of Richfield, MN; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Christopher Gates and Jaumarl and Vivian Clark, all of Chicago, IL; his maternal grandparents, Earnest and Elizabeth Rogers of Robbins, IL; two grandchildren, Kyleigh and Kensleigh Autman and a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, Denise Embery; a brother, Lawrence Hawthorne and his paternal grandparents, Milby and Deloris Dow.