Posted on: PaloAlto County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoObits/10678 Surname: McCormick, Gannon, Gammon, Higgins ------------------------- Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa 8 Apr 1908 John McCormick is Dead Passed Away at His Home in This City Last Friday Friday our citizens learned of the death of John McCormick of this city, who had been a patient sufferer for several months and who had been more or less of an invalid for several years. The funeral was held Sunday and was very largely attended. Many came from a distance to be present at the last sad obsequies. The remains were taken to Assumption church immediately after the last mass where the brief burial ceremonies were performed by the Very Rev. J.J. Smith. Monday morning there was a requiem high mass for the deceased. The burial was in St. John's Cemetery. Mr. McCormick was born in the county of Sligo, Ireland in 1836. He came over to the United States in 1859. November 1, 1862, he was married to Miss Ellen Gammon [Gannon] at Canandauga, New York. Mr and Mrs McCormick moved to Waterloo, Iowa, October 20, 1866. There they resided on a farm until 1887 when they came to Palo Alto county and located southeast of town. In 1899 they came to Emmetsburg to spend their remaining days. Seven children were born to them-four sons and three daughters. They are Frank and John and Mrs. J.D. Higgins, all of this vicinity. Mr. McCormick was a man of exceptionally good habits. Morally, his career was in every sense above criticism. Though not a total abstainer, he always practiced and counseled moderation. He would not dethrone his reason by the abuse of intoxicants. He was upright in his dealings with others. He was decidedly economical and he wanted that which justly belonged to him, but he would not knowingly wrong any man. He was a tireless worker and he made his efforts count. He accumulated considerable property and he took care of his premises. He was tasty. About his farm home there was every evidence of prudential supervision, order and arrangement. He was genial and neighborly. He could give an take. He reciprocated the kindness and the assistance of friends and he tenaciously clung to those in whom he had reason to confide. He was a home man. He never neglected his family. The high esteem in which the surviving members are held bear testimony to his sincerity and his zeal as a husband and father. For twenty-two years the writer knew Mr. McCormick as one of the staunchest and most substantial of friends and it is with genuine regret that we learned of his death. The sympathy of all is extended to his afflicted wife and to his family. Link: Palo Alto County, Iowa USGenWeb Project URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm>