Paul E. DEMPSEY

DEMPSEY, DAVENPORT, LAMBERT, NELSON, SAATHOFF, SANCHEZ, BUCKLEY, BYRNES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/12/2010 at 09:31:07

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
August 11, 2010

May 11, 1927 -- August 7, 2010

MASON CITY — Paul E. Dempsey, 83, of Mason City, died Saturday (Aug. 7, 2010) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. A memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 714 N. Adams Ave., with the Rev. Michael Schueller, celebrant. Inurnment will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Columbarium. Military rites will be conducted by the Mason City Veterans Memorial Association. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave. The Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Paul was born May 11, 1927, in Belmond, the son of William and Viola (Davenport) Dempsey. He graduated from Belmond High School and attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Paul served in the United States Army during World War II. He married Patricia Lambert June 5, 1954, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Mason City. A few of Paul’s favorite activities included bowling and fishing with his grandchildren. Paul could be seen taking tickets at Mason City High School athletic activities including baseball, softball, cross country and basketball. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church.

Paul is survived by his wife, Patricia, of Mason City; children, Carol (Peter) Nelson of Niceville, Fla., Paul (Celeste) Dempsey of Naperville, Ill., Linda Dempsey of West Des Moines, Terry (Carla) Dempsey of Mason City, David Dempsey of the Philippines, Sue (Randy) Saathoff of Mason City and Lisa (Chris) Sanchez of Mason City; 16 grandchildren; 12 great- grandchildren; 1 brother, Robert Dempsey of Purcell, Okla.; and two sisters, Donna Buckley of Clear Lake and Betty Byrnes of San Diego, Calif. Paul is preceded in death by his parents; niece, Cindy; sister-in-law, Ann Dempsey; and two brothers-in-law, Donald Byrnes and Maurice Buckley. Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City.