Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Joan Graham (née Butler)
Ferndale, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Laois
Beloved wife of the late Jimmy and much loved mother of Noel & Séamus. Predeceased by her parents Martin & Mary, brothers Ned & Thomas, sisters Eileen, Mary, Brid, Kay & Ann.
Deeply regretted by her loving family, daughters in law, Sarah & Jane, grandchildren, Katelyn, Lauren, Caragh, Aoda, David, and great-granddaughter Khloe, brother in law, sister in law, nieces & nephews, extended family, relatives & friends.
Reposing at her son Noel’s home at Derry, Timahoe Rd, Portlaoise, R32 K81K on Sunday from 3pm to 8pm with rosary recital at 8pm. Removal on Monday to SS Peter & Paul’s Church, Portlaoise for 11am requiem Mass. Interment afterwards in SS Peter & Paul’s Cemetery.
House Private Monday Please. Family flowers only please.
Donations is desired to Alzheimer’s Society Ireland.
James O’Neill
Hillside View, Castlecomer, Kilkenny/Carlow/Laois
Hillside View, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny
Peacefully at Castlecomer District Hospital, surrounded by his family
Predeceased by his beloved wife Anne, his parents Mary and Patrick, brothers John and Henry. James will be sadly missed by his sons Pa, Michael, Seamus and Adrian, daughters Mary and Catrina, their partners, son-in-law Colm, daughter-in-law Kathleen, grandchildren, great grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Reposing at the residence of his daughter Catrina and Colm Meagher, Firoda, Castlecomer (Eircode R32 D867 Ballyragget Road, right turn for Ballyouskill)
Reposing on Sunday (26th) from 3pm and on Monday (27th) from 2pm concluding with Vigil Prayers and Rosary at 8.30pm. House private please on Tuesday morning. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Castlecomer at 11am on Tuesday, with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Funeral Mass can be viewed on the parish webcam : castlecomerparish.ie
Family flowers only please, donations if desired to Castlecomer District Hospital.
Seamus Murphy
Newcastle, England/Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of 52 St Brigid’s Square Portarlington. Peacefully at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
Loving son of the late Jim and May Murphy. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Tina, daughter Anna, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended family and friends.
Seamus’s Cremation Service to take place in Newcastle.
Arrangements for Cremation Service to be announced later.
The family would like to thank you for your help and understanding at this sad and difficult time.
Michael Mulhare
Courtwood, Ballybrittas, Laois
Peacefully at Naas Hospital. Predeceased by his parents Andy and Elizabeth Mulhare, brothers Andy and John. Deeply regretted by his loving sisters Birdie (Deegan), Frances (Tierney) and Elizabeth (Mahoney), brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends.
May Michael Rest In Peace.
The family would like to thank you for your help and understanding at this sad and difficult time.
Funeral details later.
Baby Ozzie Michael Rothwell
Corran na Noir, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully in the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital Dublin in the loving arms of his heartbroken parents Vincent and Aishling.
He will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered always by his devastated Mummy and Daddy, his grandparents Betty and Norman Rothwell, Breda Burke and Philip Lewis, Derry and Catherine Connolly, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended family and friends.
In our lives for just weeks, in our heart for ever. Eternally grateful for our miracle baby boy Ozzie.
Reposing at his parents residence with prayers at 7.40 pm. on Saturday.Removal to The Church Of The Most Holy Rosary Abbeyleix for Mass of the Angels on Sunday at 4.30pm. Burial afterwards in St. Patricks Cemetry Abbeyleix.
House private on Sunday by request.
Donations if desired to The Coombe Hospital who provided such extraordinary care.
https://www.coombe.ie/friends-of-the-coombe
Brian Brothwood
St Brigid’s Square, Portarlington, Laois/Dundrum, Dublin
Formerly of Dundrum, Dublin. Brian died at the Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Loving husband of Avril and adoring dad of Aoife and James. Sadly missed by his loving brothers, sisters, aunts, parents-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended family, neighbours and friends.
Reposing at Maher’s Chapel of Rest, Portarlington (eircode R32 X5XV) on Friday evening from 6pm until 8pm. Removal on Saturday at 12 noon arriving The Victorian Chapel, Mount Jerome Crematorium for Cremation Service at 1:45pm.
Brian’s Cremation Service will be streamed live on: https://www.mountjerome.ie/victorian-chapel-service/
Family Flowers Only Please.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Saturday, June 25, 2022
