Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Josephine (Josie) Kearney (née Mooney)
Woodlawn Drive, Clonbullogue, Offaly/Portarlington, Laois
Formerly of St Michael’s Park, Portarlington, County Laois. Unexpectedly at her residence. Predeceased by her brother Larry and granddaughter Sasha. Deeply regretted by her loving husband MP, family Caroline, Fergus, Denis, Ciaran and Michelle and their partners and son-in-law, brothers Johnie, Paddy, Liam and Ger, sisters Helen, Annie, Margaret, Mary and Theresa, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, neighbours and friends.
Funeral Arrangements Later
Ann (Nan) McKane (née Conlon)
Ballygillaheen, Rosenallis, Laois/Moate, Offaly
Ann (Nan) McKane nee Conlon Ballygillaheeni, Rosenallis Co. Laois and formerly The Thatch, Seeoge, Moate Co. Westmeath died March 8th unexpectedly.
Dear wife of the late John. Deeply regretted by her neices, nephews, sister-in-law Vera, cousins, neighbours, relatives and many friends.
Reposing in her home Friday from 5pm (R32W5D3). Recital of The Rosary at 8pm. Requiem Mass Saturday at 11am in St. Brigid’s Church, Rosenallis. Burial after in St Brigid’s Cemetery.
Michael Scully
Killanure, Mountrath, Laois
Michael Scully, Killanure, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died 8th March 2023, at the Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Predeceased by his wife Kathleen and his parents.
Beloved father of Geraldine, Carmel, Mick, Claire and Eoin. Sadly missed by his loving family, 12 grandchildren Jack, Savannah, Ally, Naoise, Breena, Rory, Conor, Aoife, Katie, Ben, Will and Caiden, sisters Teresa (Lynch), Kathleen (Kennedy) and Marian (Carey), brother Martin, sons-in-law Sean, Alan and Robbie, daughters-in-law Catherine and Elaine, sisters-in-law, Bridie Lalor, Mary McGrath and Kathy Scully, brothers-in-law Michael Lynch and Paddy Carey, nieces, nephews, extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Reposing at Mick and Catherine’s home at Killanure (eircode R32E866) on Thursday evening from 5.0’clock, concluding with Rosary at 9.0’clock.
Removal on Friday morning to St. Aidan’s Church, Killanure, for Requiem Mass at 12 noon, followed by Burial in Camross Cemetery.
House private on Friday morning please.
Raitis Tora
The Village, Green RD, Portlaoise, Laois
Raitis Tora. The Village, Heather Lodge, Portlaoise. March 7th 2023. Peacefully surrounded by his loving family. At St Brigid’s Hospice, The Curragh. Deeply regretted by his heartbroken wife Solvita, his loving children Elisa and Dagnis, his mother Rita and all his former workmates at McEvoy Engineering, Cullohill.
Reposing at Keegans Funeral Home, Portlaoise on Thursday evening from 7 pm till 8 pm. Removal on Friday morning for cremation in Newlands Cross. It may be viewed at. https://www.dctrust.ie/location/newlands-cross/chapel-webstream.html
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Saturday, March 11, 2023
