Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Gene Byrne
Clondoogan, Summerhill, Meath / Mountmellick, Laois
Formerly Mountmellick, Co.Laois, Peacefully after a long illness, surrounded by his loving family and in the loving care of the nurses and staff of St. Joseph’s C.N.U. Trim.
Gene, will be sadly missed by his devoted wife Valerie (nee Bryan), his children and their spouses; Genette & Paul McGuinness, Naomi & Stephen Kendal, Olwyn & John Forde and Bryan & Anita Byrne, his adored grandchildren, his siblings; Declan and Marian, brothers in law; Bernard, Theo and Billy, sisters in law; Daphne and Marguerite, cousins, nieces, nephews, neighbours and friends.
Predeceased by his parents Owenie and Mona, his sister Ann and nephew Adrian.
Reposing at William Ryan & Sons Funeral Home, Church St., Kilcock (W23 XC90) on Saturday from 5pm-7pm. Funeral Mass at 1.30pm on Sunday in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Dangan, Summerhill followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Sr Elizabeth (Pacelli) Starken
Mountmellick, Laois
Starken, Sr Elizabeth (Pacelli) Presentation Sisters, Mountmellick, Co Laois – September 8th, 2023, peacefully at Clondalkin Lodge Nursing Home. Predeceased by her parents Henry and Elizabeth her sister Marie Noone and brothers Hal, Frank and Gabriel. Deeply regretted by her brothers Pat and Fr Brian C.S.Sp, her sisters-in-law Nora and Pauline, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews great-grand-nephew, extended family and her Presentation Sisters, past pupils and many friends.
Reposing at Presentation Convent, Mountmellick on Sunday from 3.30 to 6pm. Followed by removal to St Joseph’s Parish Church for evening prayer at 6.30pm. Requiem Mass Monday at 11am followed by burial in St Joseph’s Cemetery, Acragar.
The funeral mass can be lived streamed on the following link:
https://www.mountmellickparish.ie/web-cam/
Sr. Consolata Blackwell
Kilcock, Kildare / Portlaoise, Laois / Cappamore, Limerick
Blackwell, Sr. Consolata, Presentation Sisters, Kilcock and Portlaoise and late of Cappamore, Co. Limerick, September 7th 2023, peacefully at Clondalkin Lodge Nursing Home, pre-deceased by her parents Lena and James, brothers Denis, John, Fr Paddy and Michael, sisters Nonie and Sr Francis. Deeply regretted by her sister-in-law Phyllis, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, great -grandnieces, great-grandnephews, cousins and her fellow Presentation Sisters.
Reposing at Presentation Sisters, Cúl na Cille, Kilcock on Friday from 2pm, followed by removal to arrive at St Coca’s Church, Kilcock for evening prayers at 5pm. Requiem Mass on Saturday at 3pm, followed by burial in the Convent Cemetery, Kilcock.
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Friday, September 8, 2023
