McDevitt, Harry J.

61 yrs.,  retired farmer, Buried  St. Patrick's cem. Villa  Nova. Died
Aug 31 at  Mercy Hopt. Davenport. Born March 18,  1885 at Villa Nova,
son of William and Margaret  McDevitt. Married Blanche McGarry Oct 15,
1912 in  St. Patrick's Villa Nova.  She died in 1925.  Surviving are 2
daughters, Miss Blanche Kageman of  Calamus, Mary Lola at home; 2 sons
Paul in the Navy and Lawlor of De Witt; 3 brothers: John of Charlotte,
William of  DeWitt, Raymon of  Clinton, Galfrey and Leonard  of Bryant
and Walter  of Preston; 3 sisters  Mrs. John McGarry,  De Witt, Sister
Mary  William of  Chicago, and  Mrs. Mark  Dolan of  Des Moines; and 7
grandchildren.

Sept. 5, 1946, 
De Witt Observer
Page 1
From a hand-written summary of the obituary.

			  Gwendolyn McDevitt

DeWITT, Iowa --- Gwendolyn McDevitt, 84 of DeWitt, Iowa, died on
Monday, August 25, 2008, at West Wing Place in DeWitt, Iowa.

Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, August 30, 2008, at 10
a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, DeWitt, Iowa. Burial will be in
Villa Nova Cemetery.

Friends and family may call from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday at Nelson
Funeral Home, DeWitt, Iowa, with a prayer service held by Sister
Theresa Ann Spitz at 7 p.m.

Pallbearers will be Derek Olson, Mitchell McDevitt, Baird Smith, Alan
Kagemann, Steve Kedley, and Merlin McKillip.

Memorials may go to West Wing Place or St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Gwendolyn (Harper) McDevitt was born in Clinton, Iowa, on September 1,
1923, the daughter of Harry and Agnes Hanrahan Harper. She was a
lifetime member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, where she married
Lawlor McDevitt on September 16, 1942. She was employed for Dayton
Howe, DeWitt, Iowa, as a clerk.

Those left behind to honor her memory is her husband, Lawlor, DeWitt,
Iowa; a son, James and his wife Tammy, DeWitt, Iowa; grandchildren,
Mark and Colleen McDevitt, DeWitt, Iowa, and Kristi Lynn Wolfe and her
husband Don Wolfe, of Maynard, Iowa; and her grandchildren, Derek
Olson, Emilie Lynn Wolfe, Mitchell and Kyle McDevitt and Jenna
Wolfe. Sisters and brothers include Harry (Jeannie) DePoy, of Fairless
Hills, Pennsyvania, Donald (Josephine) DePoy, of Fairless Hills,
Pennsyvania, Nina Mae (Clint), of Hammonton, New Jersey, and Katheryn
Brucia, of Sun City, Arizona; and a brother-in-law, Frank Perronn,
Hammonton, New Jersey.

Gwendolyn was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Jacquline
Perronn, and a brother-in-law, James Brucia.

Quad City Times
August 27, 2008