Editor's Note: The following is a poem in memory of William McDermott and was written by one of his colleagues.   The light was extinguished far far too soon, Charismatic and charming, a smile that lit up the room. There was never a challenge he would...

William D. McDermott, 24, of DeKalb, Ill., died Friday, March 4, 2011, at home. Born Dec. 23, 1986, in Arlington Heights, the son of Patrick Edward and Cheryl Jolene (Clark) McDermott, he married Lydia Roy on Aug. 8, 2008, in Kildeer. He was a 2005 graduate...