A native of Muncie, Indiana, Devon pursued both undergraduate and graduate degrees at Ball State University and Loyola University Chicago. He has been actively involved in the funeral industry for more than 25 years. A Benedictine Oblate of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana, he’s actively involved at Holy Name Cathedral, his parish in downtown Chicago, and at the National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. He’s also a member of Alliance Française de Chicago.