Obituaries
			  Leonard McDermott

Leonard McDermott, 74, of Petersville died Sunday, Oct 3, at Finley
Hospital, Dubuque.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 6 (today), at 10:30
a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Petersvill. Burial will be in
the church cemetery. Pallbearers are Steve Spain, George Burke,
Matthew Wolfe, Bob Hughes, John Watters and Pat McDermott. Honorary
pallbearers are Tony Kalb, Jim Wolf and Paul Dague.

Visitation was Tuesday, 3-9 p.m. at the Nelson Funeral Home, DeWitt,
where a scripture service was held at 7:30 p.m.

Leonard McDermott was born Oct. 19, 1918, in DeWitt to William "Cleo"
and Helena Beitenman McDermott. He married Marcella Irwin Oct. 1,
1942, in Petersville.

He was a member of the church, a past member of the Knights of
Columbus and the former Moose Lodge.

He and his wife farmed 41 years in the Petersville area, retiring in
1983. They became resident caretakers at Immaculate Conception Church
in 1984. He had also worked for the Chicago and NorthWestern Railroad
1962-67.

Surviving are his wife; daughters Judy (Mrs. Jim) Wolfe of Cedar
Rapids and Sue (Mrs. Tony) Kalb of Dubuque; sons, Jack of Maquoketa
and Dick of DeWitt; sisters, Mary (Mrs. Joe) Ryan of DeWitt, Teresa
McDermott of Oakland Hills, Ill., Ann (Mrs. Xavier) Barrios of San
Francisco, Calif., Lois Sterenchuk and Helen Kane of Cedar Rapids and
Josephine (Mrs. Paul) McMahon of Cottage Grove, Minn.; and a brother,
Bill of DeWitt.

He was preceded in death by a son and a sister.

The Observer, De Witt, Iowa, Wed. Oct. 6, 1993, Page 6.
Retyped, 1998, Dennis Nicklaus.