Donald Paul McDermed

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Donald Paul McDermed, age 78, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday evening, March 14, 2013, at Mercy Hospital Joplin, Mo. He was born Oct. 16, 1934, in Girard, Kan., the son of Virgil McDermed and Letha Oldham McDermed. Paul graduated from the Girard High School. He later served with the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Following his military service, Paul married Margaret Colegrove on June 11, 1959, at Denver, Colo. Paul had worked for Westinghouse Elevator Company in Denver, Colo. and later for Dover Elevator Company in Topeka. The family later moved to Fort Scott where Paul operated his own farm and dairy. He later was employed as an electrician for Ward-Kraft. Paul was a member of the Hiattville Masonic Lodge and the Hiattville Order of the Eastern Star, the Scottish Rite, the Mirza Shrine and the Mirza Mounted Patrol.

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