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Leila Ferguson McDermott

MCDERMOTT, FERGUSON, COLDREN, NEWELL, UMBRELL, PARRIS, BERTAO, CONE, DALLENBACH

Posted By: Karen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/14/2018 at 07:17:20

Final Rites Tuesday for former resident, Leila McDermott, 63

Mrs. Leila McDermott, 63, of Sioux City, a former Laurens resident, died Saturday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sioux City after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Laurens Methodist Church with the Rev. Mervin R. Nelson officiating. Mrs. Matt Shankland and Mrs. Fred Forsythe Jr. sang "Whispering Hope," and Mrs. Willis Godfrey was organist.

Pallbearers were Charles Coldren, Jerry Ferguson, Conway Ferguson, Keith Ferguson, Randy Newell and Art Umbrell. Burial was in the Laurens Cemetery with Hitchcock Funeral Home in charge.

Leila Blanche Ferguson, daughter of Charles and Mabel Ferguson, was born Dec. 5, 1903, on a farm in Palo Alto County near Laurens. She attended school in Laurens, and on Aug. 23, 1922, was married to T. R. McDermott. They were the parents of two daughters and one son.

Lived in California
In 1943 she moved to California and was employed by the General Electric Co., in Los Angeles and San Diego. She was the first woman purchasing agent for the company and was employed there for more than 17 years. Because of ill health, she was retired Jan 1, 1961 with total disability. At that time she came to Sioux City and made her home with her daughter and family.
While in San Diego she joined the Congregational Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. John (Dorothy) Parris of Sioux City and Mrs. Antonio (Janice) Bertao Jr., Rio de Janiero, Brazil; a son Patrick, of Rialto, Calif; her mother, Mrs. C. C. Ferguson of Laurens; three sisters, Mrs. R. T. Cone, Independence, Mrs. Laura Coldren and Mrs. Don Dallenbach, Laurens; three brothers, Gerald Ferguson, Laurens, Vernon Ferguson, Dayton, and Duane Ferguson, Hawarden; 13 grandchildren and other relatives.


 

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