Toddville John Jack Patrick McDermott, 86, of Toddville, Iowa, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Dec. 11, 2020, at Shady Rest Care Center in Cascade, Iowa, after a seven-year battle with melanoma cancer, with his family near him. The visitation will be held Friday, Dec. 18, at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Please sign up for visitation times using the link hwww.signupgenius. com/go/10C0D44ACAC2EA4FBCE9-john or by calling (319) 393-8000. As mandated by proclamation during the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing must be practiced, which requires a limited number of people to be allowed inside at one time. The use of face masks or shields is required.
Constance Paulina Duszkiewicz Murray passed after a long period of declining health at her beloved home in Keene in the early hours of Dec. 5, 2020. She had turned 93 five days earlier on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.
Born in 1927 in Proctor, Vt., to a mother she adored, Leocadia Pifko Duszkiewicz, and her father, Branislaw Alexandr Duszkiewicz, Connie was raised in the Polish enclave of West Rutland, Vt. Connie lived with her family on Marble Street and walked to St. Stanislaus Elementary School. At West Rutland High School (Class of 1945), she was an active member of several clubs, including serving as president of the DAR. She was very proud of being named the high schoolâs âDAR Girlâ by her classmates and faculty. After graduation from Becker College in Worcester, Mass., in 1947 with an A.S. in healthcare, Connie reunited with high school and college friends to work in Keene at Eliot Community Hospital. She was proud to work for many years for radiologist Dr. Albert C. J