Derek Lee Collins departed this life on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at St. John Hospital, Tulsa, at the age of 36. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service of Sand Springs.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m., Nov. 12, at the Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Don Cook officiating. . Derek will be laid to rest at South Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa. Visitation will be held at the funeral home 12-8 p.m., Thursday, with family greeting friends 5-7 p.m.

The son of Jamie Lee Collins and LynAnne Allen was born October 9, 1985, at St. John Hospital, Tulsa. Derek graduated from Charles Page High School in 2004. He was very athletic, and loved to play anything with a ball. He was a popular student and a great friend. He letterered in football and baseball, and made the all-state baseball team his senior year. After high school, Derek became a member of the Sheet Metal Workers Union, and later worked for BAMA as a forklift driver.

His proudest moment in life was when he became a father to his son, Caleb. It was a remarkable time to see the joy on Derek's face when he first held him. Derek took good care of his mother, and did what he could to make others lives better. He was a sweet, charming, beautiful young man. He was extremely enchanting and as soon as you met Derek you liked him. Every Thursday and Friday evening Derek was playing video games with his son and brother, Brandon. Derek also enjoyed a good book, and spent a lot of time reading. He will be dearly missed.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents: Tommy F. "Poppy" Allen, Karen L. Cox, and James B. Collins.

Survivors include his son, Caleb Allen Collins of Sand Springs; father, Jamie Collins (Cheryl) of Broken Arrow, mother, LynAnne Allen of Sapulpa; brother, Brandon F. Collins (Amber Chronister) of Sand Springs; sister, Katelyn G. Anderson (Schuyler) of Catoosa; grandmother, Lea Ahniwake Collins of Vian; nephews: Benjamin P. Anderson and Braxton Collins; niece, Brightyn G. Anderson; and Caleb's mother, Jamie Lee Collins of Sand Springs.

Leave your memories of Derek and view his tribute online at www.mogro.co.

The family has requested that flowers be ordered from Sand Springs Flowers, 918-245-9511.