Kathryn Kay M McDermand

Kathryn "Kay" McDermand, 96, went to be with her Heavenly Father on September 7, 2014. She died peacefully at Parkside Lutheran Home in Lisbon, ND. Services will be held at 11:00 am Friday, September 12, 2014, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, with Leroy Jacobs officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck. Kay was born on May 28, 1918, in Clarinda, IA, to Roy and Bertha Beckwith Morgan. She was the ninth child in a family of ten. A year later her family moved to Albion, NE, where she grew up on a farm and graduated from high school. After graduation, Kay worked as a secretary for the Soil Conservation Service where she met her future husband, John W. McDermand. On August 2, 1940, they were married and later had two children, John Carroll and Nancy Kay. In 1954, the family moved to Bismarck. Kay worked as Secretary to the Director for Civil Defense later known as the Disaster Emergency Services located at Fraine Barracks. She worked there until her retirement. Kay loved her job and the wonderful people that worked with her. Kay was a kind and generous person with a big "Heart of Gold" who was always thinking of the needs of others. She lived a life based on her strong faith in God and the power of prayer and always looked for the good in people. She adored her grandkids and enjoyed being with her friends and family. She loved the fellowship at her Bible classes. Kay is survived by her daughter, Nancy Larry Hoffer, Bismarck; her daughter-in-law, Annie McDermand, Edgemont, SD; two grandsons, Chris Angie Hoffer, Lisbon, ND, and Ryan Bianca Hoffer, Eldon, MO; six great-grandchildren, Hayley Erickson, Bradyn Erickson, Clarissa Hoffer, Jaxon Hoffer, Aryann Hoffer, and Zach Ricker fiancée, Trisha Morrell; and great-great-granddaughter, Brooklyn Ricker. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. McDermand; her son, John C. McDermand; her parents, Roy and Bertha Morgan; four sisters and their spouses, Mildred Lloyd Wright, Hazel Lorenz Berg, Ruth Eugene Mowery, and Darleen Ray Reynoldson; and five brothers and their spouses, Myron "Bud" Helen Morgan, Carroll Ferne Morgan, Spencer Maxine Morgan, Ron Morgan, and Doral Dean Morgan.

Kathryn Kay M McDermand

May 28, 1918 - September 7, 2014