Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Sandra Kuzmecka
Glenkeen Park, Fairgreen, Portlaoise, Laois
Passed away peacefully in Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Much loved daughter of Dorota and gone to join her loving father Jacek in Heaven. Sandra will be sadly missed by her brothers Lucas and Sabastian, by all her friends and her teachers at St.Francis School, Portlaoise and by her extended family, relatives and friends.
Sandra’s Requiem Mass will be held (in Polish) at 12 noon on Saturday, September 2nd, at SS. Peter & Paul’s Church, Portlaoise with burial afterwards in SS. Peter & Paul’s Cemetery. For those unable to attend, the mass will be streamed live from the parish webcam. https://www.portlaoiseparish.ie/webcam/
Patricia Dunne (née Dempsey)
Pallas Little, Portlaoise, Laois, R32 XHC8
Patty (Patricia) Dunne, Pallas Little, Portlaoise. August 28th 2023. Peacefully at home in the loving care of her family. Beloved wife of the late Joe. Dearly loved mother to Mary , Una, Patricia Martina and Sean. Deeply regretted by her loving family, sister, Bernie . Brothers James, Pat , Denis, Sean (Boston) . Sisters l in law, brother in law, sons in law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. And Her dear carers Christine Harris and Lynda Campbell.
Reposing at her residence from 5 pm on this Tuesday evening, with rosary at 9 pm. Removal on Wednesday to arrive at St Fintan’s Church, Ballyfin for 11 am requiem mass. Interment will follow in Clondarrig Cemetery. https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-fintans-church-ballyfin
Mary Gray (née Brennan)
Barrowhouse, Athy, Kildare / Laois
Formerly of Newtown, Bert, Athy. Peacefully, surrounded by her loving family in the loving care of the staff in Our Lady’s Ward , St. Vincent’s Hospital ,Athy. Sadly missed by her loving daughters Mary, Esther, Joan, Agnes, Christine and Rose, brothers, sisters, sons-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives and friends. House private please.
Reposing at Rigney’s Funeral Home, Athy on Monday evening (August 28th) from 6pm until the conclusion of the Rosary at 8pm. Removal on Tuesday morning to arrive at St Mary’s Church, Barrowhouse for Requiem Mass at 11am. Burial afterwards in the adjoining Cemetery.
Elizabeth Clear
Dublin rd, Portlaoise, Laois
Elizabeth (Betty) Clear, “Glencarrig”, Dublin Rd., Portlaoise, 24th August 2023. Peacefully, at Ashley Lodge Nursing Home, Kildare. Daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Clear. Deeply regretted by her loving sister Cecilia O’Keeffe, her loving nephews Ray, Neil and Emmett, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives and friends and former colleagues in the Sisters of Charity at St Joseph’s, Clonsilla.
Reposing at Keegan’s Funeral Home, Portlaoise, on Monday evening from 7 pm with rosary at 8 pm. Removal on Tuesday to arrive at SS Peter and Pauls Church for 12 noon requiem Mass. Interment will follow in SS Peter and Paul’s Cemetery, Portlaoise.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Monday, August 28, 2023
