Below are the recent deaths in Laois.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Catherine Kearney (née Dowling)
Mountmellick, Laois / Portlaoise, Laois
Catherine Kearney (nee Dowling), Mountmellick and Portlaoise died 29th of June 2018. Suddenly, after a short illness. Sadly missed by Tommy, sons Paul, Neil and Thomas and daughter Shánnen, brothers Sean and Bernard, sisters, Elizabeth, Caroline and extended family and many friends. Reposing Keegan’s Funeral Home, Portlaois, on Tuesday evening from 7pm with recital of the rosary at 9pm. Requiem Mass on Wednesday at 12 noon in SS Peter and Paul’s Church, Portlaois. Cremation will take place at a later date and Catherine’s ashes will be then be interred in SS Peter and Paul’s Cemetery Portlaoise.
Anna-May Dunne (née Keenaghan)
Clonkeen, Portlaoise, Laois / Ferbane, Offaly
Anna-May died on June 29th 2018, peacefully at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. She is predeceased by her parents Pat and Annie Keenaghan (Endrim, Ferbane). Anna-May will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by her loving sister Irene Hade (Togher, Portlaoise), brothers Oliver (Ferbane) and Kevin (Endrim), brother-in-law Seamus, sisters-in-law Patricia and Kathleen, aunt Beenie Mannion, her beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbours and a large circle of friends. Reposing at her home in Clonkeen on Sunday (July 1st) from 3pm until Rosary at 8pm. Removal on Monday morning (July 2nd) to St. Mary’s Church, Ferbane, Offaly for Requiem Mass at 11am. Burial afterwards in Kilrehan Cemetery.
Family flowers only, please. Donations if desired to Oncology Unit, Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore.
Carmel Dunne (née Walsh)
The Heath, Portlaoise, Laois
Peacefully in the loving care of the staff of Oakdale Nursing Home, Portarlington. Loving wife of the late Patrick,dear mother of the late Patrick,loving grandmother of the late Kevin. Deeply regretted by her loving family Mary, Rosie, Pauline, Willie, Carmel, Caroline, Colette and Christy, grandchildren, great grandchildren, sons in law, daughter in law, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. REST IN PEACE. Reposing at the Nursing Home friday evening from 6 o’clock with rosary at 8 o’clock. Removal on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock travelling via her residence arriving at the Church of the Assumption,The Heath for requiem Mass at 11 o’clock,interment afterwards in adjoining cemetery. No mass cards please, donations if desired to the friends of Oakdale Nursing Home.
Br. Donal Donoghue
De La Salle Brothers, Castletown, Laois/Glenflesk, Kerry
Br. Donal Donoghue, De La Salle Brothers, Castletown, Portlaoise, Co. Laois and late of Loo Bridge, Glenflesk, Co. Kerry. June 26. 2018. Predeceased by his parents Dan and Kathy, his sisters Sheila and Norrie, brothers Paddy, Florrie and Mickey (Br. Brendan). Greatly missed by his sister Maura (Sr. Annunciata), brothers Seano and Frank, sisters in law, brothers in law, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives and by a host of friends and past pupils and especially his confreres in religon.
Reposing in Miguel House, Castletown, from 11.00am on Wednesday 27th with Evening Prayer and Rosary at 8.00pm. Funeral liturgy and Mass on Thursday 28th at 2.00pm, with burial immediately afterwards in the Monastery Cemetery, Castletown. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Saturday, June 30, 2018
