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Mary Lou Derry of San Bernardino, died on Friday, Nov. 27, at age 73. She was born to George and Mary Copeland in Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1946.
Mary Lou had a spectacular singing voice, and was in the Madrigals Choir in high school. After graduation from Cal High in 1965, Mary Lou worked as a cosmetologist.
She married Donald Derry in 1968, and they had three sons. She was a homemaker when her boys were young; then she enjoyed a long career as a teacherâs assistant for San Bernardino Unified School District until her retirement in 2007.
Mary Lou attended Messiah Lutheran Church in Highland for over 45 years, where she praised and worshiped with her beautiful voice in the choir.