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  • Vincent Albert McCarthy (1926 - 2014)
    Seneca- Vincent A. McCarthy, 88, husband of Peggy Hamrick McCarthy, passed away Friday, August 8, 2014 at Oconee Medical Center. Born in Clark, South Dakota, he was the son of the late Albert Dennis a...
  • Michael Thomas McCarthy (1957 - 2016)
    Michael Thomas McCarthy was born on March 13, 1957 to Homer and Bernice (Schiltz) McCarthy in Estherville, Iowa. He attended St John's Catholic School in Bancroft. After school Michael enlisted in the ...
  • John Albert McCarthy (1952 - 1952)
    Son of Homer & Bernice Schiltz McCarthy
  • Bernice Irene McCarthy (1925 - 2017)
    Bernice A. McCarthy, 92, of Brighton passed away October 20, 2017. Born in Bancroft, Iowa on September 18, 1925. She was the daughter of John & Cecelia Schiltz. On May 27, 1946 she married Homer McCart...
  • Homer B. McCarthy (1922 - 2011)
    Homer McCarthy, 89, of Brighton CO, passed away on January 6, 2011. Born in Clarke, SD on January 4, 1922, he was the son of Albert and Anna McCarthy. Homer was a World War II Navy veteran. On May 27, ...

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cárthaigh ‘son of Cárthach’ a personal name meaning ‘loving’. This was the name of a ruling family in Munster. In Ireland major branches were distinguished by the following epithets: mór ‘great’ in Kerry riabhach ‘brindled’ in Carbery west Cork.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022