1121. Jack Martin Delo
Jack Martin , A graduate of Drury College, 1965. He completed two years of active duty with the Navy; on September 21, 1968 he married Sherry Brock of Springfield Mo.
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JACK DELO President and Chief Executive Officer Datapage Technologies/DATA2, St. Louis, MO Email: [email protected]
Jack joined Datapage Technologies/DATA2 in 1983 as General Manager, becoming president in 1989. Since 1985, he has been active in the AIM (Automatic Identification Manufacturers) trade association, where he served as a committee chair and task force member.
In the community, he is actively involved with the United Way of Greater St. Louis, having served as Chairman of the Tri-County Board and Campaign Chairman of the Tri-County United Way.
Earlier in his career, Jack accumulated experience in computer systems, electronic imaging, and flexographic printing technology during employment with E.I. duPont de Nemours, The Miami Herald, the St. Paul Dispatch/Pioneer Press and Western Publishing Company.
He is a graduate of Drury College, with a BA in business administration.
“There are many ‘degrees of separation’ stories, but our story and the story of our relationship with Drury is a ‘miles of separation’ story,” says Jack Delo of his courtship. Jack met his future wife, then-freshman Sherry Brock, during his last year at Drury, thanks to a blind date at Leong’s Tea House and a Fox Theatre showing of Mary Poppins. Jack says, “Sherry was perfect – beautiful, bright, fun, interesting ... I had never met anyone so utterly charming.” By Jack’s graduation, the two had decided to continue their relationship long-distance.Over the next three years, Jack and Sherry “dated” across miles and miles. Sherry stayed at Drury, and Jack “burned up the highways” between Drury and Memphis for a year before being stationed by the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Vir. Despite the distance between them, the couple fell deeply in love. Sherry spent her summers doing internships on the East Coast, cutting down on the distance between her and Jack. Finally, Jack and Sherry returned to Drury for a wedding in Stone Chapel in 1968. Since then, Jack and Sherry have lived in Wilmington, Del.; Miami; St. Paul, Minn.; and St. Louis, but have kept in touch with many Drury friends and fondly remember other influential relationships they formed in their college years. Despite the fact that they only shared one year together at Drury, they had many of the same professors and found they had common ground in similar experiences. For example, Dr. Allen Eikner greatly impacted both of them through his philosophy courses. Jack was inspired to minor in philosophy, and jokingly complains, “Sherry learned analytical thinking in philosophy, and she has used it on me ever since.”The couple also recalls the influence of Dr. Margaret Kidder, Spanish professor, and the trips they both went on with her to Mexico. While on one of Dr. Kidder’s trips to Monterrey, Mexico, Sherry practiced speaking Spanish, ate goat, and discovered that “their tacos were not as good as Mexican Villa’s.” Jack accompanied Dr. Kidder to Mexico City where the group attended a bull fight, practiced drinking Mexican beer, and discovered that “even tequila will not make mole taste good.” The Spanish skills acquired in classes and on such trips were of great help to the Delos while they lived in Miami. During their time at Drury, Jack was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and Sherry was a Tri Delta. Sherry’s ties with the sorority set a family precedent; eight other family members have since pledged Tri Delta. Both hold fond memories of social activities; the highlight of their semester courtship at Drury was the Sigma Nu White Rose spring event. Jack also remembers lessons his Greek brothers taught him outside the classroom. He said, “Bill Mauck ’63, Paul Blume ’63, and others taught me how to play bridge. Kobby Kobbermann ’65 taught me how much fun it is to cheat and Tex Lewis ’65 taught me how much fun it was to cut class and play cards.” Building on their Drury educations, both Jack and Sherry own businesses. Sherry is a financial planner with Delo Advisors in Clayton, Mo., and Jack is the president and CEO of Datapage Industries International, located in St. Peters, Mo. They have two grown daughters, Carrice and Stacey. Because of their time spent at Drury, the Delos proudly claim ties to alumni friends across the country, in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Kansas City, St. Louis, Tulsa and Monett. The Delos are proud of their Drury education and have taken advantage of opportunities to help the school. Jack served as a Class Agent and both have been involved in Admission recruitment. Their commitment to Drury also extends to their consistent financial support. Jack says, “The years have ticked by, the miles have added up, Sherry and I have changed, Drury has changed. But whatever the distance, relationships can grow and memories of those Drury days remain the same.”
Sherry Delo
Sherry B. Delo is a Certified Financial Planner who specializes in financial planning for high net worth individuals and families. In most cases, Sherry works with three generations in a family-grandparents, parents and children. As owner of Delo Advisors, she focuses on the major areas that impact a person's financial life and the well being of his or her family. These major areas include investments, income taxes, retirement, business transfer, estate and wealth transfer, and stewardship. Primary attention is given to the preservation of capital and transfer of a client's wealth to children and grandchildren with as few taxes as possible.
When leading clients through Stewardship Planning - a framework designed to help families identify core values and aspirations for the use of their wealth - she teaches how financial capital can support and increase other types of capital: human, social and intellectual.
Sherry joined the NCCJ Board in June of 2002. She has a lifelong interest in the pursuit of equality for all people and in fighting and dispelling racism in the United States.
In addition to serving as Resource Development Chair for NCCJ, she serves on the board of the Family Resource Center, a St. Louis child abuse prevention agency. Sherry is a member of the Racial Justice Task Force and chairs the Personal Growth Committee for Adult Education at Ladue Chapel. She also assists with fund raising for St. Louis Opera Theatre.
Sherry is married to Jack M. Delo, president and owner of Datapage Technologies. They have two daughters.
Nettie Louvinia ‘Lou’ (Corbin) DeLo
Published on Thursday, February 21, 2008
Feb. 5, 1924 - Feb. 18, 2008After a long battle with diabetes, Lou is with her savior our Lord. Born in Wolfe, Okla., Lou was the daughter of Charles Caridine Corbin and Jessie “Bell” (Railey) Corbin.
Her father made the land rush for the settlement of Oklahoma.
Lou is survived by a brother, Kenneth Corbin of Aurora, Colo.; and a half sister, Julie Commons of Grass Valley, Calif.; her husband, Aaron Wesley DeLo of Sierra Vista, Ariz.; and three children and their families, Lyle “Chip” Wesley DeLo of Honolulu, Hawaii, Marion “Skeet” DeLo of Atlanta, Ga., and Tina Rebecca Loux of Lansdale, Pa.
Lou graduated high school in Konawa, Okla., where she enjoyed playing basketball. As a young woman, Lou worked for the telephone company in California as a switchboard operator. Later in life she earned her Realtor’s license.
Lou married her high school sweetheart and celebrated 64 years of marriage to Aaron on Jan. 28th of this year.
They moved many times during the course of their marriage. However, her favorite place of residence was Hawaii, where she and Aaron lived twice. She has resided in Sierra Vista since 1996.
Lou was always active in her church community where ever she lived. Lou was the leader of the Navy Wives Club of Corpus Christi, Texas, for over five years.
She was also a Cub Scout den mother, an Avon lady and an award-winning Tupperware saleswoman at one time.
The many activities she enjoyed included playing bridge, sewing, knitting, gardening, writing, painting and being a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Lou was fortunate to have traveled extensively with her husband visiting many countries and experiencing many different cultures.
A highlight in her life was traveling on a world cruise with Aaron and seeing the Taj Mahal.
1127. Mark Davis Delo
Mark owned M.D. Chemical Company in Grand Prairie. Mark served in the army from 1968-70.