Lyle DeRose

Biography

Pookie's ability to deliver a powerful performance is drawn from his real life experiences. He grew up in a remote rural area in Wisconsin, doing things most of us only see in movies, like milking cows, racing snowmobiles, motorcycles and running large pieces of heavy duty farm equipment. Lyle Allen DeRose Jr. (Pookie) was born on May 30, 1962, in Racine, Wisconsin, to Barbara DeRose (Lutz) a retired Executive Secretary and Lyle Allen DeRose Sr., who is a retired Industrial Engineer. His only sibling, a sister, Cheryl DeRose. DeRose is of Italian heritage and grew up in Wisconsin's dairy land working on dairy farms. After 2 marriages Pookie took to the road driving Long Haul semi which lan...