McDevitt, Gwendolyn

MCDEVITT, HARPER, HANRAHAN, WOLFE, OLSON, DEPOY, COMBS, BRUCIA, PERRONN

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Date: 9/3/2008 at 17:52:00

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DEWITT — 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 30th, 2008 at 10:00 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. on Friday at Nelson Funeral Home, DeWitt, Iowa with a prayer service held by Sister Theresa Ann Spitz at 7:00 P.M.Pallbearers will be Derek Olson, Mitchell McDevitt, Baird Smith, Alan Kagemann, Steve Kedley, Merlin McKillip.Memorials may go to West Wing Place or St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.Gwendolyn (Harper) McDevitt, 84 of DeWitt, Iowa was born in Clinton, Iowa on September 1st, 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 with Walker’s, which was owned by 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. Her great-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) Combs 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.Condolences may made online at www.nelsoncfuneralhome.com.Death date: Aug. 25, 2008
Published in the Clinton Herald from 8/26/2008 - 8/28/2008