Derick Steven Dryden

Funeral services for Derick Steven “D-Rod” Dryden, 25, Ottawa, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Ottawa. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery in Ottawa.
Mr. Dryden died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.
He was born Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1984, in Ottawa, the son of Steve and Karen Johnson Dryden.
Mr. Dryden graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 2004 and Fort Scott Junior College in 2007 with a degree in agricultural science.
The past two years, he worked as an automotive painter with his father at Steve’s Auto Plaza Body Shop in Lawrence. He also worked with the Watts and Harris family farms and for the past two years was an auctioneer for Franklin County Auction Service.
He was a member of Future Farmers of America; Boy Scouts of America, achieving life rank; Kansas Livestock Association; National Rifle Association; Ducks Unlimited; Kansas High School Rodeo Association; and many more groups.
He married Amber Snover on May 9, 2009, in Ottawa. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include his parents, of Ottawa; two sisters, Stephanie Circle and husband Jason, and Kristi Dryden, all of Ottawa; a brother-in-law, Aaron Good, Ottawa; a maternal grandmother, Geraldine Johnson, Ottawa; a paternal grandmother, Darlene Dryden, Ottawa; a niece, Teigan Good; two nephews, Justin and Shane Circle; his dog, Dally Girl; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Austin Dryden; maternal grandfather, Clyde O. Johnson; paternal grandfather, John Dryden; a niece, Sadye Circle; and a nephew, Trevor Wormell.
The family will meet friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.
The family suggests memorials to the Derick Dryden Memorial Fund, in care of Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, KS 66067.
Online condolences may be e-mailed to the family at dengelmortuary@sbcglobal.net.