Joseph McDermott
			     1920 - 2002

   Services for Joseph L. McDermott, 82, Maquoketa, will be 10:30 a.m.
   Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Maquoketa. Burial will be in
   Sacred Heart Cemetery, Maquoketa.
   Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Haylock-O'Hara & Lahey Funeral
   Home, Maquoketa. A Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited there at
   4:30 p.m. 
   Mr. McDermott died Monday, Dec. 23, 2002, at Jackson County Public
   Hospital, Maquoketa, after an extended illness.
   He farmed for many years in the Delmar area.
   He was born Aug. 14, 1920, in Petersville. He married Caecilia
   Heusbourg in 1967 in Chicago. 
   Survivors include his wife, Caecilia. 

   Published in the Quad-City Times on 12/25/2002. 



MAQUOKETA - Joseph L. McDermott, 82, of Maquoketa
 
December 24, 2002 
 
MAQUOKETA - Joseph L. McDermott, 82, of Maquoketa died Monday at the
Jackson County Public Hospital, Maquoketa.  Funeral services will be
10:30 a.m. Friday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Maquoketa. The
Rev. Tom McDermott and the Rev. Jim Burnett will be
officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery,
Maquoketa. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the
Haylock-O'Hara and Lahey Funeral Home, Maquoketa, where there will be
a 4:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Rosary.  He was born Aug. 14, 1920, in
Petersville to James P. and Margaret Watters McDermott. He married
Caecilia Heusbourg on Sept. 14, 1967, in Chicago, Ill.  He attended
country high school in Delmar and for two years in Charlotte.  He
farmed in the Delmar area for many years.  He was a member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, Fr. Loosbrock Council 8269 Knights of Columbus,
Dubourg Assembly 1573 4th Degree Knights of Columbus and a former
member of the Maquoketa Lions Club.  Survivors include his wife; and
several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by his parents,
a sister and three brothers.  Death Date: Dec. 23, 2002
 
Clinton Herald 2003  
 

			Caecilia S. McDermott

Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. today at Lahey Funeral Home, Maquoketa, where
a Catholic Daughters rosary will be held at 5 p.m.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Maquoketa.



MAQUOKETA --- Caecilia S. McDermott, 91, of Maquoketa, died Friday at
the Maquoketa Care Center.

Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Maquoketa.

She was born March 18, 1915, in Frazee, Minn., to Nicholis J. and Anna
M. Mentzior Heusbourg. She married Joseph McDermott on Sept. 14, 1967,
in Chicago. He died in 2002.

She was a homemaker and farmed with her husband in Delmar for many
years. In her earlier years, she was a secretary with
Hibeard-Spencer-Bartlett Co., Evanston, Ill.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Church, the Sacred Heart Guild,
Catholic Daughters of America Ct. St. Raphael 1156, Maquoketa Womens
Club and the Jackson County Regional Health Center Auxiliary.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be given to Sacred Heart Church, Maquoketa.

Condolences may be made online at www.laheys.com.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one sister and one brother.

Death date: Nov. 24, 2006

Published: November 27, 2006
Clinton Herald

			Caecilia S. McDermott
		  March 18, 1915 - November 24, 2006
			   Maquoketa, Iowa

Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, November 27, 2006 at Lahey Funeral
Home, Maquoketa ~ Catholic Daughter Rosary @ 5:00 p.m.

Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, Maquoketa

Interment: , at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Maquoketa ~ Memorials may be
given to Sacred Heart Church, Maquoketa.

Caecilia Heusbourg was born on March 18, 1915 in Frazee, Minnesota,
the daughter of Nicholis J. and Anna M. (Mentzior) Heusbourg. She
married Joseph McDermott on September 14, 1967 in Chicago,
Illinois. Joe died on December 23, 2002.

Caecilia was a homemaker and had farmed with her husband in Delmar for
many years. In earlier years, she was a secretary for
Hibeard-Spencer-Bartlett Co., Evanston, Illinois. She was a member of
Sacred Heart Church, Sacred Heart Guild, Catholic Daughters of America
Ct. St. Raphael #1156, Maquoketa Womens Club and the Jackson County
Regional Health Center Auxiliary. She enjoyed knitting and tatting.

Caecilia is survived by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded
in death by her husband, her parents, a sister, Sophie Bathalter and a
brother, Phillip Heusbourg.

Caecilia S. McDermott of Maquoketa died Friday, November 24, 2006 at
Maquoketa Care Center, Maquoketa, at the age of 91 years.

Funeral home obituary from  www.laheys.com.