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Michael Lee DeRango
1970 - 2025
BORN
1970
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2025
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March 1, 1970 - August 13, 2025
TREVOR - Michael Lee DeRango, age 55, of Trevor, WI, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday August 13, 2025 from a reaction to a wasp sting.
Michael was born in Racine on March 1, 1970, a son of Kenneth and Carol (nee:McKloskey) DeRango. Mike attended Catholic Grade Schools and Case High School. He attended Gateway Technical College earning degrees in Horticulture (1997) and in Nursing (2008). Mike began his nursing career in Kenosha at St. Catherine's Hospital (Froedtert South) in their Ambulatory Surgery Center. For one year he worked in the Oncology Department and then transferred back to the Ambulatory Surgery Center. In 2024, Mike began work in the Podiatry Clinic with Dr. Montemurro. Mike was well loved and respected by both patients and fellow staff.
Mike is survived by his Life Partner, Mickey Johnson; his son, Jack McKloskey; his parents, Kenneth DeRango and Carol Wright; his siblings, Daniel (Deanna) Wright and Robert Wright; his previous spouse, Anne Marie Costabile, many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his sister and best friend, Theresa Ann Nelson; his step-sister Julie Wright, his McKloskey and DeRango grandparents; as well as nephew, Josh Nelson and much-loved Uncle John (Aunt Celeste) and Aunt Mary.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, August 25, 2025, at 10 A.M. at St Sebastian Catholic Church, 3126 95th St. Sturtevant. Visitation for Michael's family and friends will take place on Sunday, August 24, 2025, from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. in the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home, 4600 County Line Rd, Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin. The Nightingale tribute will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Mike will be laid to rest alongside his sister, Theresa, in Arbor Vitae, WI.
The family would like to extend special thanks to the Trevor Fire and Rescue Department and for the outpouring of love and concern from family, friends and co-workers.
DRAEGER-LANGENDORF FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY
4600 COUNTY LINE ROAD
262-552-9000
www.draeger-langendorf.com
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