OBIT: Catharine McDERMOTT, 1890, formerly of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Death of an Aged Lady. Mrs. Catharine McDermott, aged 68 years, died at Johnstown on Wednesday evening at 11.55 o'clock of paralysis, with which she was stricken at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the same day. The body will be brought to Altoona to-day on day express and the funeral will take place on Saturday morning at 8.30 o'clock from the residence of her son, James, No. 616 Crawford avenue. The cortege will proceed to St. Mark's church, where services will be held, and the interment will take place in St. John's cemetery. Deceased leaves five children - Michael, of Johnstown; J. C., of Altoona; Mrs. W. H. McGovern, of South Bethlehem; Mrs. Richard Miles, of Elmira, N.Y., and Miss Maggie, of this city. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, January 2, 1891