Paul McDevitt Dies Suddenly In His Home

Paul J. McDevitt, 49, died suddenly in his home on Rt. 2, De Witt
Thursday, July 30.  A family prayer service was conducted on Saturday
in Hanrahan Funeral Home.  This was followed by Mass in St. Patrick's
Catholic church , Villa Nova, with Rev. Bernard Brugmann officiating.

Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim McDevitt,
Wayne, David, Allan, Bill and Ed Kagemann.

Mr. McDevitt, son of Harry and Blanche McGarry McDevitt, was born at
DeWitt, January 25, 1915. He and Rosemary Driscoll were married
February 10, 1947. She preceded him in death in 1961.

Surviving are a daughter, Sandra at home; two sons, Michael and
Joseph, both at home; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Kagemann, Calamus, and
Mrs. Mary Fletcher, Lakeside, Ariz. and a brother, Lawlor McDevitt of
DeWitt.

Relatives and friends attended the funeral from Rockford, Ill.,
Tucson, Ariz., Des Moines, Clinton, Preston, Davenport, and the
DeWitt area.

1964
From a newspaper clipping, paper not identified.


				Deaths
				DeWitt
			  Mrs. Paul McDevitt

Mrs. Paul McDevitt, 47, of rural DeWitt, died about 12:30 a.m. today
at the University Hospitals in Iowa City, following a long
illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Patrick's Church at
Villa Nova. The Rev. John Kennedy will officiate with burial in the
church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Hanrahan funeral home in DeWitt after 7:30
p.m. today.  the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday.

She was born June 8, 1914 in Waterford Township, the daughter of
Michael and Agnes Sullivan Driscoll. Feb. 10, 1947 she married Paul
McDevitt in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Maquoketa.

Surviving are the husband; one daughter, Sandra and two sons, Michael
and Joseph, all at home; and one sister, Mrs. Regina Driscoll of
Maquoketa. She was preceded by her parents and two sons.


July 26, 1961
From a newspaper clipping, paper not identified.