CHERRY VALLEY " John Edward McDermott, 80, a lifelong farmer and family man, passed away peacefully at his home in Cherry Valley on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. McDermott was born May 3, 1929, at Cherry Valley. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised by an older brother, Jimmy H., also a Cherry Valley farmer, who died in 1998. John McDermott was the sole surviving member of his immediate family. Known by many as "Junior,"...