REV. DAVID W. DeREVERE

1937 - 2015

DeREVERE, REV. DAVID W. The Rev. David W. DeRevere, 77, formerly of Old Saybrook, died on September 22nd, 2015. He was born in Englewood, NJ on November 13, 1937 as the only son of the late Wilbur and Ethel DeRevere. Rev. DeRevere graduated from Colgate University and Yale University Divinity School. Rev. DeRevere was pastor for 22 years of the First Church of Christ in Saybrook (Congregational), Old Saybrook, Connecticut, He was a member of the Old Saybrook Volunteer Fire Department and chaplain of both the fire department and the Old Saybrook Police Department. He subsequently spent 18 years as Executive Director of the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC), retiring in 2003. After retirement, Rev. DeRevere was an active volunteer at the Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Destin, Florida, and the Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia. Rev. DeRevere is survived by his wife, Ellen; two sons and four grandchildren.