Andrew James McDERMOTT

MCDERMOTT, HUGHES, WEIDENMAN, MCLAUGHLIN, NUGENT, FEELEY, MORSE, MCGIVEREN, DEWITT, MCGOUGH, REINHARDT, KNOWLES, MILLER, RUBLE, COLEMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:41

29 April 1873 --- 22 March 1943

Andrew James McDermott, son of Terence and Mary McDermott, was born at Tama, Iowa, on April 29, 1873. When a small boy, the family moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where, he attended Corpus Christi school. Later they moved to Thrall and then to Eagle Grove.

On Jan. 14, 1901, he was united in marriage to Dina Hughes of this city. To this union were born four children, three of whom died in infancy.

After a few years, the family moved to Iroquois, S. Dak., where they resided until five years ago, when Mr. McDermott retired from the railroad. He was a faithful employee of the Chicago Northwestern Railway for 48 years. In South Dakota, Mr. McDermott was an active member of the Knights of Columbus and Holy Name society, and was prominent in all church activities.

A lasting and final tribute was given him by the Very Rev. Wm. J. McLaughlin, O. P., who described him as a devout man, who not only believed, but also lived to exemplify the teachings of the Holy Catholic church, and no more beautiful farewell was ever given to any man.

Those who survive him are his wife, Dina McDermott; one daughter, Margaret Weidenman; one granddaughter, Jarlath Weidenman and four brothers, Terence, John, Thomas and Edmond.

Those from a distance who were here for the funeral were: Very Rev. Richard M. McDermott, O. P., New York, N. Y.; Very Rev. Wm. J. McLaughlin, O. P., Jersey City, N.J.; Rev. L. E. Nugent, O. P., Oak Park, Ill; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weidenman and Jarlath, Terence McDermott, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Feeley, Frank Feeley, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Morse, and Mrs. Hugh McGiveren, all of Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. John McDermott, Butler, Wis.; Thomas McDermott, Redfield; Edmond McDermott, Huron, S. D.; Mrs. Perry DeWitt, Casper, Wyo.; Mrs. Catherine Knowles, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Mary Reinhardt and Mrs. Irene Miller, both of Kansas City, Mo.; Terence McDermott, Walter McDermott and Miss Evelyn McDermott, all of Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Will McGough, Mrs. Cecil Ruble and Mrs. Grace Coleman, all of Fort Dodge.

Interment was in the family lot in Calvary cemetery. Honorary pall bearers were his four brothers, and active pall bearers were: Orville Sill, Clifford Simpson, Will Floyd, James Whaien, Fred Kline, and Henry Keppers.

EAGLE GROVE EAGLE -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
April 1, 1943

source -- Paul Wilde