McDermott, Frederick Horace (1891-1980)

BECKER, BELL, BURKHART, ERICKSON, HARRINGTON, KLOPPENBURG, MALONE, MCDERMOTT, MUELL, NORDMAN, POCH, RICHTER, TAYLOR

Posted By: Carl Malone (email)
Date: 4/17/2017 at 16:02:04

The Atlantic News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa
December 20, 1980

F.H. McDermott, Former Wiota Mayor, Dies

Frederick Horace McDermott, 89, former mayor of Wiota, died Sunday afternoon at the Miller Nursing Home.

The son of Charles W. and Irabelle Nordman McDermott, he was born Sept. 14, 1891, east of Wiota and moved to Wiota in 1910. He attended Benton Township rural schools. He lived his entire life in Cass county except for a year in Fairbury, Neb.

Mr. McDermott was married to Ona Malone on Aug. 20, 1915. He was a member of the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church and was employed by the Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. of Guthrie Center for 33 years. He was mayor of Wiota for a number of years.

Surviving are two sons, Fredric Charles McDermott of Independence, Mo., and Thomas L. McDermott of Atlantic; two grandsons, Rick and Jerry McDermott, both of Atlantic; two great-granddaughters, Cammy and Leslie McDermott; four sisters, Mrs. Robert (Zeta) Bell of Fillmore, Calif., Mrs. Stella Burkhart of Des Moines, Mrs. Henry (Lucille) Kloppenburg and Mrs. Louie (Lela Mae) Poch, both of Atlantic; a brother, Howard “Pete” McDermott of Atlantic; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two sisters, Pluma McDermott Bell and Alma McDermott Jordan; and a brother, Ralph McDermott.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church, with Msgr. Bart Kane and Father Edward R. Kelly officiating. Interment will be in the Atlantic Cemetery. A rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Monday at the Roland Funeral Home.

The Atlantic News Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa
December 20, 1980

Funeral services for Fredrick Horace McDermott, 89, where held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church, with Msgr. Bart Kane and Father Edward Kelly officiating. Mrs. Donna Muell was organist. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Taylor and Mr. and Mrs Mike Richter were in charge of flowers. Casket bearers were W. L. “Bill” Harrington, Al Erickson, Bob Richter, Jack Bell, Mike Richter and Duane Becker. Interment was in the Atlantic Cemetery.

NOTE FROM CONTRIBUTOR: Frederick McDermott was born September 14, 1891 and died December 28, 1980